在欧洲大气中广泛分布的农药质疑它们在空气中的降解性
Ludovic Mayer1, Céline Degrendele1,2, Petr Šenk1
1Faculty of Science, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic.
Environmental science & technology
|February 7, 2024
概括
大气中的农药降解率可能被高估,影响环境风险评估. 这项研究发现,在欧洲农药存在广泛,有22种物质能够远程运输,这突显了大气持久性的低估.
科学领域:
- 环境化学环境化学
- 大气科学 大气科学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
背景情况:
- 目前的农药风险评估依赖于大气降解率的估计.
- 最近的研究表明,这些降解率可能被高估,可能会损害监管准确性.
- 了解大气中的农药行为对于评估对偏远生态系统的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究76种农药在欧洲不同地点的大气度.
- 为了确定易于远程大气传输 (LRAT) 的农药.
- 评估特定农药在大气中的持久性,并为风险评估的改进提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在农业季节期间,在欧洲29个不同地点 (农村,沿海,山区,极地) 采集76种农药的大气样本.
- 在自由热带大气和北极地区对农药度的分析.
- 偏远地区的度与农药来源地区的度的比较.
主要成果:
- 在研究的76种农药中,有58种在欧洲大气中被检测到.
- 7种农药的低空间变化表明大陆范围的大气分散.
- 22种农药,包括农业和禁止物质,被确定为易受LRAT.
- 六种特定的农药 (atrazine,cyprodinil,spiroxamine,tebuconazole,terbuthylazine, thiacloprid) 显示出长时间存在大气中的证据.
结论:
- 杀虫剂的大气传输和持久性可能被低估了.
- 目前的农药风险评估方法需要大幅改进,以考虑观察到的大气行为.
- 农药在大气中的广泛存在和LRAT对遥远的生态系统构成风险.
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