Spatial-temporal analysis and risk characterisation of pesticides in Alpine glacial streams

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: C. Rizzi, A. Finizio, V. Maggi, S. Villa
• Other Authors: Rizzi, C, Finizio, A, Maggi, V, Villa, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Alps; Pesticides; Glacial meltwater; Ice core; Environmental risk assessment (ERA); Monte Rosa; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/222920; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.02.067

We analysed the spatial and temporal distribution of a selection of pesticides in Alpine glaciers used on the Po Plain in Northern Italy, near the Alps. By analysing a 102-m ice core taken from the Lys Glacier Monte Rosa massif, Italy), we highlight historical contamination from the insecticide chlo...