A study carried out by the Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has identified 24 new substances derived from the degradation of pesticides that had never been detected before in the environment.
The work, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology and led by the IDAEA researcher Pablo Gago Ferrero, shows how, despite the European Union regulations for the control of pesticides in agriculture, there is a large number of these substances in the environment whose toxic effects can exceed even the original regulated pesticides where they come from.
Frank Menger, Gustaf Boström, Ove Jonsson, Ahrens Lutz, Karin Wiberg, Jenny Kreuger, Pablo Gago-Ferrero. 2021. Identification of pesticide transformation products in surface water using suspect screening combined with national monitoring data. Environmental Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00466
IDAEA-CSIC Communication
Identification of new pesticide transformation products with harmful effects for the environment