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Pesticide survey in water and suspended solids from the Uruguay River Basin, Argentina

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The Uruguay River is receptor of pollutants, such as pesticides, from agriculture activities along its course. The present study reports concentration levels of organochlorinate, organophosphorus, and other pesticides in water and suspended solids in nine sampling sites of the Uruguay River. Data analyses included principal component analysis (PCA) to assess differences between sampling sites contamination. Most of the tested pesticides were ubiquitous due to the widely use in the chemical control of pests implemented in the region. Detected concentrations of aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor epoxide, lindane, 4,4′-DDT, endosulfan, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, methyl-parathion, and malathion were found to be over regional and international concentration level guidelines, according to the European Union, the US Environmental Protection Agency, or the Argentinean Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development. For this reason, future studies in Uruguay River Basin are needed.

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The authors acknowledge the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MINCYT)–Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANCYT) Project PICT2010-0891 and Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos for financial support.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias de la Alimentación, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Concordia, Argentina

    Celia Williman, Martín S. Munitz, María I. T. Montti & María B. Medina

  2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Celia Williman & Alicia E. Ronco

  3. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    Agustín F. Navarro

  4. Centro de Investigaciones del Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    Alicia E. Ronco

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Williman, C., Munitz, M.S., Montti, M.I.T. et al. Pesticide survey in water and suspended solids from the Uruguay River Basin, Argentina. Environ Monit Assess 189, 259 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-5956-9

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