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Insights on common fungicides: A national survey on farmland soils from Mainland China
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Researchers conducted the first national survey of fungicide contamination in agricultural soils across mainland China and found widespread residues, with difenoconazole being the most prevalent. They observed that soils covered with plastic film mulch had higher fungicide concentrations than uncovered soils, suggesting the plastic may trap and concentrate these chemicals. The findings indicate that the common agricultural practice of plastic film mulching may inadvertently worsen pesticide accumulation in farmland soils.
Fungicides are a growing concern owing to their ecological and human health threats. In China, which is a large fungicide-consuming country, only a few provincial studies have reported several fungicide residues in agricultural soils. Additionally, terrestrial ecological risk assessments of pesticides are limited to the single species. This study showed that fungicides were commonly found in agricultural soils in mainland China, and the Σfungicides concentrations ranged from 0.0548 to 3183 μg/kg, with the major contributing component being difenoconazole. Spatial variation in fungicide concentrations was significant, with the highest concentrations observed in Southern China. The Σfungicides concentration was higher in soils covered with plastic films compared to uncovered soils, possibly because microplastics from agro-film sources promote fungicide retention in the soil. Among the crop types, the highest fungicide residues were found in soils planted with fruits. In addition, this study was the first to use the probabilistic species sensitivity distribution (pSSD) approach to deduce the predicted no-effect concentrations of major fungicides as terrestrial safety thresholds. Particularly, soil texture conditions may influence the hazard assessment of fungicides. Finally, from the species taxa perspective, the proportions of ecological risks of carbendazim and tebuconazole in agricultural soils in China were 4.3 % and 5.9 %, respectively.
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