Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, personal care products and microplastics contamination assessment of Al-Hassa irrigation network (Saudi Arabia) and its shallow lakes

Picó, Yolanda; Álvarez-Ruiz, R.; Alfarhan, Ahmed; El‐Sheikh, Mohamed A.; Alshahrani, Hamad O.; Barceló, Damià

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135021

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“…Treated wastewater is often utilized to irrigate agricultural land in countries suffering from water deficiency that have a warm and dry climate, such as countries in the Middle East and Southern Europe (e.g., Carter et al, 2019;Lesser et al, 2018;Picó et al, 2020). Reclaimed wastewater is also increasingly utilized for irrigation in countries that have not previously suffered from a water shortage but face a change in a rainfall distribution throughout a year and a scarcity of water during vegetation seasons due to climate change (e.g., Helmecke et al, 2020).…”

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How microbial community composition, sorption and simultaneous application of six pharmaceuticals affect their dissipation in soils

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Science of The Total Environment

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Soils groups according to basic soils properties and sorption of compounds matched. • Soils groups according to microbial community structure and half-lives corresponded. • Half-lives could be predicted using one microbial criterion and sorption coefficient. • Simultaneous application of all compounds mostly reduced their dissipation in soils. • The average increase in multiple-solute half-lives varied between 7 and 39%.

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How microbial community composition, sorption and simultaneous application of six pharmaceuticals affect their dissipation in soils

Kodešová

Chroňáková

Grabicová

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Industrialized agriculture manages agroecosystems through the constant application of external inputs with the goal to maximize the production of commodities based on a small variety of crop species, mostly to supply to international food market demands 6,90 . As was previously mentioned, this highly industrialized agribusiness is conducted largely in underdeveloped areas of the planet at the expense of reducing biodiversity, soil and water sources quality as well as the wellbeing of workers and local communities [91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98] . For instance, pesticides and fertilizers are among several indispensable external inputs needed for the maintenance of IA goals.…”

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Agroecological Strategies to Safeguard Insect Pollinators in Biodiversity Hotspots: Chile as a Case Study

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Schapheer²,

Vereecken³

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Industrial agriculture (IA) is the predominant model of food production since the Green Revolution in the 1950s. IA has been recognized among the main drivers of biodiversity loss, climate change and native pollinator decline. This is controversial, given that native agricultural pollinators are an important resource biota already contributing to crop yield, especially in areas defined as "world biodiversity hotspots” (WBH). These areas often overlap with agricultural zones hosting a significant proportion of cultivated land, mainly through intensive agricultural practices. Pollinator biodiversity and pollination services in these places are currently under threat due to the negative consequences of IA. The dual role of insects as key players allowing the maintenance of the natural ecosystem, as well as main crop pollinators, is particularly exacerbated and urgently requires conservation actions in WBH and food-producing zones. Here we summarize the known negative effects of IA on pollinator biodiversity and illustrate these problems by considering the case of Chile. Food exports represent a considerable part of the economy in this OECD “developing country” in the “Global South”, and a large part of its surface has been highlighted as a unique WBH. This area is currently being replaced by IA businesses at a fast pace, threatening local biodiversity. We present agroecological strategies for sustainable food production and pollinator conservation in food-producing WBHs like Chile. These alternatives recognize native pollinators as internal inputs that cannot be replaced by IA technological packages or external inputs and support the development of agroecological and biodiversity restoration practices to protect their existing biodiversity. We suggest a strategy that integrates four fundamental pillars for producing food in a sustainable way, recognizing biodiversity and local cultural heritage: 1) Share the land, restore and protect; 2) Ecological intensification; 3) Localized knowledge, research and technological development; and 4) Territorial planning and implementation of socio-agroecological policies. We suggest that this approach does not need greater modification of native pollination services that sustain the world with food and basic subsistence goods, but a paradigm change where the interdependency of nature and human wellbeing are recognized for ensuring the present and future of the world’s food security and sovereignty as well as considering the reduction of consumerism and food waste.

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“…However, this extensive use of pesticides over recent decades is now of considerable environmental concern because of the release of mobile and/or persistent pollutants into the environment, and the potential accumulation of these toxic substances in soils and/or waters [8][9][10]. The fate of pesticides and their degradation products determines the contamination of the soil, water and air ecosystems over time.…”

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Effect of Organic Residues on Pesticide Behavior in Soils: A Review of Laboratory Research

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The management of large volumes of organic residues generated in different livestock, urban, agricultural and industrial activities is a topic of environmental and social interest. The high organic matter content of these residues means that their application as soil organic amendments in agriculture is considered one of the more sustainable options, as it could solve the problem of the accumulation of uncontrolled wastes while improving soil quality and avoiding its irreversible degradation. However, the behavior of pesticides applied to increase crop yields could be modified in the presence of these amendments in the soil. This review article addresses how the adsorption–desorption, dissipation and leaching of pesticides in soils is affected by different organic residues usually applied as organic amendments. Based on the results reported from laboratory studies, the influence on these processes has been evaluated of multiple factors related to organic residues (e.g., origin, nature, composition, rates, and incubation time of the amended soils), pesticides (e.g., with different use, structure, characteristics, and application method), and soils with different physicochemical properties. Future perspectives on this topic are also included for highlighting the need to extend these laboratory studies to field and modelling scale to better assess and predict pesticide fate in amended soil scenarios.

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Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, personal care products and microplastics contamination assessment of Al-Hassa irrigation network (Saudi Arabia) and its shallow lakes

Cited by 167 publications

References 59 publications

How microbial community composition, sorption and simultaneous application of six pharmaceuticals affect their dissipation in soils

How microbial community composition, sorption and simultaneous application of six pharmaceuticals affect their dissipation in soils

Agroecological Strategies to Safeguard Insect Pollinators in Biodiversity Hotspots: Chile as a Case Study

Effect of Organic Residues on Pesticide Behavior in Soils: A Review of Laboratory Research

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