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Occurrence and risk evaluation of organophosphorus pesticides in typical water bodies of Bei**g, China

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Human activities, particularly in large cities, can lead to pollution caused by micropollutants such as pesticides in water bodies, which have been recognized as serious threats to the environment and human health. The pollution level of six organophosphorus pesticides, three herbicides, and one bactericide in groundwater and the Wenyu River, and their fates in three sewage treatment plants (STPs) and a hospital were investigated in this study. The concentrations of the ten detected pesticides ranged from not detected (ND) to 323.44 ng L−1 in different water samples from Bei**g; metalaxyl was detected to have the highest concentration (89.58 ng L−1), and the detection frequencies of atrazine and metalaxyl were 100%. The maximum concentrations of pesticides in the Wenyu River, STPs, and the hospital were 1–2 orders of magnitude higher than those in the groundwater. Good removal efficiencies by the treatment processes were observed for ametryn (100%), while the removal efficiencies for atrazine and omethoate were the lowest in the three STPs (− 9.6% and 12.67%, respectively). Finally, risk quotient (RQ) values of each contaminant were estimated from the maximum values determined for typical urban to assess the ecology and health effects. In the case of environmental toxicity, the highest RQ values (> 1) were obtained for dichlorvos and omethoate. In the case of health toxicity, the RQ values show that the pesticides found in groundwater pose no potential health risks to humans at current concentrations.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 41877409), the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (Grant No. 2015FY110900).

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  1. School of Ocean and Environment, Tian** University of Science and Technology, Tian**, 300457, China

    Yaru Zhang & **anbin Liu

  2. State Environmental Protection Scientific Observation and Research Station for Lake Dongtinghu (SEPSORSLD), National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria a Risk Assessment, Research Centre of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Bei**g, 100012, People’s Republic of China

    Yaru Zhang, Pan Qin, Shaoyong Lu, Jiamin Xu, Yongqiang Wang, Guodong Zhang, **aohui Liu & Zhengfen Wan

  3. School of Environment, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Jun Zhai

  4. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Bei**g, 100084, China

    **aohui Liu

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Zhang, Y., Qin, P., Lu, S. et al. Occurrence and risk evaluation of organophosphorus pesticides in typical water bodies of Bei**g, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 1454–1463 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10288-z

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