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Legacy and Current-Use Pesticides (CUPs) in the Atmosphere of a Rural Area in Central Chile, Using Passive Air Samplers

Legacy and Current-Use Pesticides (CUPs) in the Atmosphere of a Rural Area in Central Chile, Using Passive Air Samplers

María José Climent, Clara Coscollà, Antonio López, Ricardo Barra, Roberto Urrutia

Sci Total Environ. 2019 Apr 20;662:646-654.

PMID: 30703722

Abstract:

Polyurethane foam (PUF) disks in passive air samplers (PAS) and passive dry deposition (Pas-DD) collectors were used to assess the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and current-use pesticides (CUPs) in a rural area of central Chile (Peumo, VI Region). The samplers were exposed from September 2015 (spring) to March 2016 (summer), with the PUFs collected at intervals of 30, 60, and 90 days. Both samplers (PUF-PAS and Pas-DD) captured more than one pesticide per sampling period. Chlorpyrifos-ethyl and pyrimethanil presented the highest air concentration with PUF-PAS (3470.2 ng m-3 for chlorpyrifos-ethyl and 52.8 ng m-3 for pyrimethanil). The deposited amount of chlorpyrifos-ethyl, pyrimethanil, penconazole, diazinon and malathion in some Pas-DD, was superior to amount of pesticides captured by PUF-PAS. Differences between the amount deposited and captured by each sampler should be studied in greater detail, because wind speed, atmospheric particulate matter size and sampler design are some fundamental variables in this process. These results provide preliminary information on the presence of current-use pesticides in the atmosphere of Peumo, VI Region, serving as a foundation for future environmental monitoring programs.

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IAR42121	Pesticides on PUF			Price

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