Widespread Pesticide Distribution in the European Atmosphere Questions their Degradability in Air

• Published in: Environmental Science & Technology
• Main Authors: Mayer, Ludovic, Degrendele, Céline, Šenk, Petr, Kohoutek, Jiři, Přibylová, Petra, Kukučka, Petr, Melymuk, Lisa, Durand, Amandine, Ravier, Sylvain, Alastuey, Andrés, Baker, Alex R., Baltensperger, Urs, Baumann-Stanzer, Kathrin, Biermann, Tobias, Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla, Ceburnis, Darius, Conil, Sébastien, Couret, Cédric, Degórska, Anna, Diapouli, Evangelia, Eckhardt, Sabine, Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos, Forster, Grant L., Freier, Korbinian, Gheusi, François, Gini, Maria I., Hellén, Heidi, Henne, Stephan, Herrmann, Hartmut, Holubová Šmejkalová, Adéla, Hõrrak, Urmas, Hüglin, Christoph, Junninen, Heikki, Kristensson, Adam, Langrene, Laurent, Levula, Janne, Lothon, Marie, Ludewig, Elke, Makkonen, Ulla, Matejovičová, Jana, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos, Mináriková, Veronika, Moche, Wolfgang, Noe, Steffen M., Pérez, Noemí, Petäjä, Tuukka, Pont, Véronique, Poulain, Laurent, Quivet, Etienne, Ratz, Gabriela, Rehm, Till, Reimann, Stefan, Simmons, Ivan, Sonke, Jeroen E., Sorribas, Mar, Spoor, Ronald, Swart, Daan P. J., Vasilatou, Vasiliki, Wortham, Henri, Yela, Margarita, Zarmpas, Pavlos, Zellweger Fäsi, Claudia, Tørseth, Kjetil, Laj, Paolo, Klánová, Jana, Lammel, Gerhard
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• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 2024
• Subjects: Transport; Atmosphere; Degradation; Pesticides; Risk assessment; Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages; Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; Arctic; Jenny; Lyngra; Pique; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/351474; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08488; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85187303663

Risk assessment of pesticide impacts on remote ecosystems makes use of model-estimated degradation in air. Recent studies suggest these degradation rates to be overestimated, questioning current pesticide regulation. Here, we investigated the concentrations of 76 pesticides in Europe at 29 rural, co...