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Li Z, Liang S, Zhou L, Luo F, Lou Z, Chen Z, Zhang X, Yang M. A Turn-On Fluorescence Sensor Based on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots and Cu 2+ for Sensitively and Selectively Sensing Glyphosate. Foods 2023; 12:2487. [PMID: 37444225 DOI: 10.3390/foods12132487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Glyphosate has excellent herbicidal activity, and its extensive use may induce residue in the environment and enter into humans living through the food chain, causing negative impact. Here, water-soluble 1.55 nm size nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (NCDs) with strong blue fluorescence were synthesized using sodium citrate and adenine. The maximum excitation and emission wavelengths of NCDs were 380 nm and 440 nm, respectively. The above synthesized NCDs were first used for the construction of a fluorescence sensor for glyphosate detection. It was found that Cu2+ could quench the fluorescence of NCDs effectively through the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process, which was confirmed using fluorescence lifetime measurements. Additionally, the fluorescence was restored with the addition of glyphosate. Hence, a sensitive turn-on fluorescence sensor based on NCDs/Cu2+ for glyphosate analysis was developed. The LODs of glyphosate for water and rice samples were recorded as 0.021 μg/mL and 0.049 μg/mL, respectively. The sensor was applied successfully for ultrasensitive and selective detection of glyphosate in environmental water and rice samples with satisfied recoveries from 82.1% to 113.0% using a simple sample pretreatment technique. The proposed strategy can provide a significant potential for monitoring glyphosate residue in water and agricultural product samples.
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- Ziqiang Li
- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310008, China
- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310008, China
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Lu J, Zhang C, Wang W, Xu W, Chen W, Tao L, Li Z, Zhang Y, Cheng J. Exposure to environmental concentrations of glyphosate induces cardiotoxicity through cellular senescence and reduced cell proliferation capacity. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 261:115112. [PMID: 37290295 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Glyphosate (GLY), the preeminent herbicide utilized globally, is known to be exposed to the environment and population on a chronic basis. Exposure to GLY and the consequent health risks are alarming public health problems that are attracting international attention. However, the cardiotoxicity of GLY has been a matter of dispute and uncertainty. Here, AC16 cardiomyocytes and zebrafish were exposed to GLY. This study found that low concentrations of GLY lead to morphological enlargement of AC16 human cardiomyocytes, indicating a senescent state. The increased expression of P16, P21, and P53 following exposure to GLY demonstrated that GLY causes senescence in AC16. Moreover, it was mechanistically confirmed that GLY-induced senescence in AC16 cardiomyocytes was produced by ROS-mediated DNA damage. In terms of in vivo cardiotoxicity, GLY decreased the proliferative capacity of cardiomyocytes in zebrafish through the notch signaling pathway, resulting in a reduction of cardiomyocytes. It was also found that GLY caused zebrafish cardiotoxicity associated with DNA damage and mitochondrial damage. KEGG analysis after RNA-seq shows a significant enrichment of protein processing pathways in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) after GLY exposure. Importantly, GLY induced ER stress in AC16 cells and zebrafish by activating PERK-eIF2α-ATF4 pathway. Our study has thus provided the first novel insights into the mechanism underlying GLY-induced cardiotoxicity. Furthermore, our findings emphasize the need for increased attention to the potential cardiotoxic effects of GLY.
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- Jian Lu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Department of Pathology,UT southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Suciu N, Russo E, Calliera M, Luciani GP, Trevisan M, Capri E. Glyphosate, glufosinate ammonium, and AMPA occurrences and sources in groundwater of hilly vineyards. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 866:161171. [PMID: 36572287 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine] and glufosinate ammonium [ammonium dl-homoalanin-4-(methyl) phosphinate] are broad-spectrum, nonselective, post-emergence herbicides extensively used in various applications for weed control in both agricultural and non-crop areas. Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) is the major degradation product of glyphosate found in plants, water, and soil. Due to glyphosate's presumed low mobility, its monitoring in European water was limited. Recently both glyphosate and AMPA have been detected in several groundwater samples in Europe, U.S, Canada, Argentina, and China. Understanding the sources of these substances in water, especially in groundwater used for drinking, becomes a priority. In the present work the occurrences and the main drives of glyphosate, AMPA, and glufosinate ammonium in the groundwater of hilly vineyards located in the North-West of Italy were evaluated. Groundwater monitoring results showed frequent detection and concentrations above EQSGW for glyphosate and AMPA, while glufosinate ammonium was never detected. More frequent occurrences and higher concentrations were detected in the samples collected from wells located in the farmyards, most of them being used for irrigation and/or preparation of PPPs mixtures. Indeed, AMPA was the only compound detected in one groundwater well used for drinking, at values bellow EQSGw/DWQS. Such monitoring results were not expected as the modelling estimations under local pedoclimatic conditions indicated no risk of leaching to groundwater. However, the modelling performance and output may have been influenced by the non-consideration of important specific processes. Integrating monitoring and modelling results with information concerning the agricultural practices adopted and the wells use and location, possible contamination drivers were identified. These include the non-agricultural use of glyphosate in the farmyard, the point source contamination of wells and the possible transport with the subsurface lateral inflow of water from up-hill vineyard. This study strengthens the position of SETAC EMAG-Pest GW group concerning the necessity of spatial and temporal contextualisation of groundwater monitoring for a better understanding of its contamination drivers by PPPs.
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- Nicoleta Suciu
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department for Sustainable Food Process, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza (PC), Italy; European Observatory on sustainable agriculture (OPERA), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza (PC), Italy.
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- ARPAE - Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, via Po 5, 40139 Bologna, Italy
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- European Observatory on sustainable agriculture (OPERA), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza (PC), Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department for Sustainable Food Process, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza (PC), Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department for Sustainable Food Process, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza (PC), Italy; European Observatory on sustainable agriculture (OPERA), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza (PC), Italy
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Mehtiyev T, Karaman EF, Ozden S. Alterations in cell viability, reactive oxygen species production, and modulation of gene expression involved in mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular regulating kinase signaling pathway by glyphosate and its commercial formulation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Toxicol Ind Health 2023; 39:81-93. [PMID: 36625791 DOI: 10.1177/07482337221149571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Glyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl glycine) is a non-selective, organophosphate herbicide widely used in agriculture and forestry. We investigated the possible toxic effects of the glyphosate active compound and its commercial formulation (Roundup Star®) in the human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell line, including their effects on the cytotoxicity, cell proliferation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and expression of oxidative stress-related genes such as HO-1, Hsp70 Nrf2, L-FABP, and Keap1. MTT and NRU tests indicated that the IC50 values of Roundup Star® were 219 and 140 μM, respectively, and because glyphosate failed to induce cell death at the studied concentrations, an IC50 value could not be determined for this cell line. Roundup Star at concentrations of 50 and 100 μM significantly increased (39.58% and 52%, respectively) cell proliferation, which 200 μM of glyphosate increased by 35.38%. ROS levels increased by 27.97% and 44.77% for 25 and 100 μM of Roundup Star and 32.74% and 38.63% for 100 and 200 μM of glyphosate exposure. In conclusion, Roundup Star and glyphosate significantly increased expression levels of selected genes related to the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) signaling pathway. This suggests that ROS production and the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway may be key molecular mechanisms in the toxicity of glyphosate in liver cells.
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- Toghrul Mehtiyev
- Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, 37516Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Institute of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, 37516Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, 420479Biruni University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, 37516Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Chen Y, Chen WJ, Huang Y, Li J, Zhong J, Zhang W, Zou Y, Mishra S, Bhatt P, Chen S. Insights into the microbial degradation and resistance mechanisms of glyphosate. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114153. [PMID: 36049517 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Glyphosate, as one of the broad-spectrum herbicides for controlling annual and perennial weeds, is widely distributed in various environments and seriously threatens the safety of human beings and ecology. Glyphosate is currently degraded by abiotic and biotic methods, such as adsorption, photolysis, ozone oxidation, and microbial degradation. Of these, microbial degradation has become the most promising method to treat glyphosate because of its high efficiency and environmental protection. Microorganisms are capable of using glyphosate as a phosphorus, nitrogen, or carbon source and subsequently degrade glyphosate into harmless products by cleaving C-N and C-P bonds, in which enzymes and functional genes related to glyphosate degradation play an indispensable role. There have been many studies on the abiotic and biotic treatment technologies, microbial degradation pathways and intermediate products of glyphosate, but the related enzymes and functional genes involved in the glyphosate degradation pathways have not been further discussed. There is little information on the resistance mechanisms of bacteria and fungi to glyphosate, and previous investigations of resistance mechanisms have mainly focused on how bacteria resist glyphosate damage. Therefore, this review explores the microorganisms, enzymes and functional genes related to the microbial degradation of glyphosate and discusses the pathways of microbial degradation and the resistance mechanisms of microorganisms to glyphosate. This review is expected to provide reference for the application and improvement of the microbial degradation of glyphosate in microbial remediation.
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- Yongsheng Chen
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Environmental Technologies Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 47906, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Coble AA, Silva-Sanchez C, Arthurs WJ, Flinders CA. Detection and accumulation of environmentally-relevant glyphosate concentrations delivered via pulse- or continuous-delivery on passive samplers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:156131. [PMID: 35605867 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide globally, which has contributed to its ubiquitous presence in the environment. Glyphosate application rates and delivery to surface water vary with land use. Streams in urban and agricultural catchments can experience continuous delivery of low concentrations of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), while their presence in forest streams occurs as an episodic pulse following silvicultural application. We assessed whether trace concentrations of glyphosate delivered as a 1-day pulse (mimic silvicultural applications) followed by flushing with deionized water would affect the detection of glyphosate or AMPA on novel passive samplers, Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Sampler with Molecular Imprinted Polymer (POCIS-MIP), compared with continuous delivery (mimic agricultural or urban applications). Within each delivery type, POCIS-MIP were exposed to seven treatment concentrations of Rodeo (equivalent to 0.0 to 1.84 μg glyphosate L-1). Experimental results demonstrate POCIS-MIP can detect differences in relative glyphosate concentrations above 0.115 μg L-1 (pulse-delivery) or 0.23 μg L-1 (continuous-delivery), but were unable to distinguish trace concentrations (i.e., < 0.115 or 0.23 μg L-1). Our results suggest POCIS-MIP may better retain glyphosate when delivered as a pulse than when delivered continuously, but both underestimated actual treatment concentrations by 46 to 56%. There is a need to demonstrate the field applicability of passive sampling methods to improve environmental monitoring of silvicultural herbicides, and our results demonstrate passive samplers were unable to distinguish lower concentrations, suggesting a limited utility for determining trace concentration levels such as those experienced during or immediately after silvicultural application.
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- Ashley A Coble
- NCASI, 2438 NW Professional Drive, Corvallis, OR 97330, United States of America.
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- NCASI, 1117 3rd Street, Anacortes, WA 98221, United States of America
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Pesticide Pollution: Detrimental Outcomes and Possible Mechanisms of Fish Exposure to Common Organophosphates and Triazines. J Xenobiot 2022; 12:236-265. [PMID: 36135714 PMCID: PMC9500960 DOI: 10.3390/jox12030018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pesticides are well known for their high levels of persistence and ubiquity in the environment, and because of their capacity to bioaccumulate and disrupt the food chain, they pose a risk to animals and humans. With a focus on organophosphate and triazine pesticides, the present review aims to describe the current state of knowledge regarding spatial distribution, bioaccumulation, and mode of action of frequently used pesticides. We discuss the processes by which pesticides and their active residues are accumulated and bioconcentrated in fish, as well as the toxic mechanisms involved, including biological redox activity, immunotoxicity, neuroendocrine disorders, and cytotoxicity, which is manifested in oxidative stress, lysosomal and mitochondrial damage, inflammation, and apoptosis/autophagy. We also explore potential research strategies to close the gaps in our understanding of the toxicity and environmental risk assessment of organophosphate and triazine pesticides.
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Terrazas-Salgado L, Yáñez-Rivera B, Llera-Herrera R, García-Gasca A, Alvarado-Cruz I, Betancourt-Lozano M. Transcriptomic signaling in zebrafish ( Danio rerio) embryos exposed to environmental concentrations of glyphosate. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2022; 57:775-785. [PMID: 36048159 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2022.2115780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] is one of the most popular herbicides worldwide. Globally, the use of glyphosate is increasing, and its residues have been found in drinking water and food products. The data regarding the possible toxic effects of this herbicide are controversial. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of glyphosate at environmental concentrations in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Embryos were exposed to 0, 1, 100, and 1,000 µg/L glyphosate for 96 h, and mortality, heart rate, and hatching rate were evaluated. After the experiment, RNA was extracted from the embryos for transcriptional analysis. No mortality was recorded, and exposure to 100 µg/L and 1,000 µg/L of glyphosate resulted in lower heart rates at 48 h. In addition, RNA-seq analysis revealed that glyphosate exposure induced subtle changes in gene transcription profiles. We found 30 differentially expressed genes; however, the highest glyphosate concentration (1,000 µg/L) induced the greatest number of differentially expressed genes involved in oocyte maturation, metabolic processes, histone deacetylation, and nervous system development.
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- Luis Terrazas-Salgado
- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C. Avenida Sábalo-Cerritos S/N, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C. Avenida Sábalo-Cerritos S/N, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de México, México
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- Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología - Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
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- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C. Avenida Sábalo-Cerritos S/N, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A. C. Avenida Sábalo-Cerritos S/N, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
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Reis L, Raciti M, Rodriguez PG, Joseph B, Al Rayyes I, Uhlén P, Falk A, da Cunha Lima ST, Ceccatelli S. Glyphosate-based herbicide induces long-lasting impairment in neuronal and glial differentiation. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2022; 37:2044-2057. [PMID: 35485992 PMCID: PMC9541419 DOI: 10.1002/tox.23549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are among the most sold pesticides in the world. There are several formulations based on the active ingredient glyphosate (GLY) used along with other chemicals to improve the absorption and penetration in plants. The final composition of commercial GBH may modify GLY toxicological profile, potentially enhancing its neurotoxic properties. The developing nervous system is particularly susceptible to insults occurring during the early phases of development, and exposure to chemicals in this period may lead to persistent impairments on neurogenesis and differentiation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-lasting effects of a sub-cytotoxic concentration, 2.5 parts per million of GBH and GLY, on the differentiation of human neuroepithelial stem cells (NES) derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). We treated NES cells with each compound and evaluated the effects on key cellular processes, such as proliferation and differentiation in daughter cells never directly exposed to the toxicants. We found that GBH induced a more immature neuronal profile associated to increased PAX6, NESTIN and DCX expression, and a shift in the differentiation process toward glial cell fate at the expense of mature neurons, as shown by an increase in the glial markers GFAP, GLT1, GLAST and a decrease in MAP2. Such alterations were associated to dysregulation of key genes critically involved in neurogenesis, including PAX6, HES1, HES5, and DDK1. Altogether, the data indicate that subtoxic concentrations of GBH, but not of GLY, induce long-lasting impairments on the differentiation potential of NES cells.
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- Luã Reis
- Department of NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Institute of Environmental MedicineKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of NeuroscienceKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Laboratório de Bioprospecção e Biotecnologia, Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)SalvadorBrazil
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Zhang W, Li J, Zhang Y, Wu X, Zhou Z, Huang Y, Zhao Y, Mishra S, Bhatt P, Chen S. Characterization of a novel glyphosate-degrading bacterial species, Chryseobacterium sp. Y16C, and evaluation of its effects on microbial communities in glyphosate-contaminated soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 432:128689. [PMID: 35325860 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Widespread use of the herbicide glyphosate in agriculture has resulted in serious environmental problems. Thus, environment-friendly technological solutions are urgently needed for the removal of residual glyphosate from soil. Here, we successfully isolated a novel bacterial strain, Chryseobacterium sp. Y16C, which efficiently degrades glyphosate and its main metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA). Strain Y16C was found to completely degrade glyphosate at 400 mg·L-1 concentration within four days. Kinetics analysis indicated that glyphosate biodegradation was concentration-dependent, with a maximum specific degradation rate, half-saturation constant, and inhibition constant of 0.91459 d-1, 15.79796 mg·L-1, and 290.28133 mg·L-1, respectively. AMPA was identified as the major degradation product of glyphosate degradation, suggesting that glyphosate was first degraded via cleavage of its C-N bond prior to subsequent metabolic degradation. Strain Y16C was also found to tolerate and degrade AMPA at concentrations up to 800 mg·L-1. Moreover, strain Y16C accelerated glyphosate degradation in soil indirectly by inducing a slight alteration in the diversity and composition of soil microbial community. Taken together, our results suggest that strain Y16C may be a potential microbial agent for bioremediation of glyphosate-contaminated soil.
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- Wenping Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Environmental Technologies Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001, India
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Overview of Environmental and Health Effects Related to Glyphosate Usage. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14116868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Since the introduction of glyphosate (N-(phosphomethyl) glycine) in 1974, it has been the most used nonselective and broad-spectrum herbicide around the world. The widespread use of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides is due to their low-cost efficiency in killing weeds, their rapid absorption by plants, and the general mistaken perception of their low toxicity to the environment and living organisms. As a consequence of the intensive use and accumulation of glyphosate and its derivatives on environmental sources, major concerns about the harmful side effects of glyphosate and its metabolites on human, plant, and animal health, and for water and soil quality, are emerging. Glyphosate can reach water bodies by soil leaching, runoff, and sometimes by the direct application of some approved formulations. Moreover, glyphosate can reach nontarget plants by different mechanisms, such as spray application, release through the tissue of treated plants, and dead tissue from weeds. As a consequence of this nontarget exposure, glyphosate residues are being detected in the food chains of diverse products, such as bread, cereal products, wheat, vegetable oil, fruit juice, beer, wine, honey, eggs, and others. The World Health Organization reclassified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans in 2015 by the IARC. Thus, many review articles concerning different glyphosate-related aspects have been published recently. The risks, disagreements, and concerns regarding glyphosate usage have led to a general controversy about whether glyphosate should be banned, restricted, or promoted. Thus, this review article makes an overview of the basis for scientists, regulatory agencies, and the public in general, with consideration to the facts on and recommendations for the future of glyphosate usage.
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Zhang Q, Ye Y, Qu Q, Yu Y, Jin M, Lu T, Qian H. Enantioselective metabolomic modulations in Arabidopsis thaliana leaf induced by the herbicide dichlorprop. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 797:149015. [PMID: 34346373 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Over 40% of herbicides used today are chiral. Dichlorprop (2, 4-DCPP) is a widely used typical broad-spectrum chiral aryloxyphenoxy propionic acid (AOPP) herbicide. However, the molecular mechanism of the enantioselectivity of DCPP enantiomers (S-DCPP and R-DCPP) and their effects on non-target organisms are remain unclear. In the present study, the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana was treated by DCPP enantiomers to directly reveal the effects of DCPP enantiomers on plant growth, as well as metabolic profile. Results showed that the enantioselectivity embodied in that R-DCPP treatment led to the decrease of shoot weight, the significantly variation on morphology of shoot and root, oxidative damage, et al., while the plant morphology also changes to a certain extent associated oxidative damage after treated by S-DCPP. By using metabolomic analysis, it was found that R-DCPP had significant effects on A. thaliana leaf metabolism, including lactose metabolism, starch and sucrose metabolism, TCA cycle, fatty acid biosynthesis pathway and pentose phosphate pathway, and accumulated a lot of antioxidants in plant leaves, while the amino acids and some terpenoids increased in S-DCPP group. Our study provides a new direction to explore the relationship between chiral herbicides on leaf metabolism, and the effect of this relationship on the plant growth.
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- Qi Zhang
- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, PR China
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China.
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- College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR China
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Zocher K, Gros P, Werneburg M, Brüser V, Kolb JF, Leinweber P. Degradation of glyphosate in water by the application of surface corona discharges. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2021; 84:1293-1301. [PMID: 34534124 PMCID: wst_2021_320 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Glyphosate (GLP) is one of the most widely applied herbicides, and is found ubiquitously in the environment. The removal of glyphosate from waste water and soil is challenging and can be achieved with chemical or biological methods, which, nevertheless, suffer from different disadvantages. The application of a physical plasma for the removal of GLP in water was examined by the application of surface corona discharges in a wire-to-cylinder setup filled with argon. The plasma was ignited at the liquid surface without any additives. By applying a photometric method, GLP was detected after derivatisation with fluorenyl methoxycarbonyl chloride, whereas phosphate was determined with ammonium molybdate. A GLP degradation rate of 90.8% could be achieved within a treatment time of 30 minutes with an estimated energy efficiency of 0.32 g/kWh.
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- Katja Zocher
- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany E-mail:
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Soil Science, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, Germany; State Office for Agriculture and Rural Area Thuringia, Naumburger Strasse 98, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany E-mail:
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- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany E-mail:
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- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany E-mail:
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Soil Science, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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Sadatsharifi M, Ingersoll DW, Purgel M. The fate of a hazardous herbicide: a DFT-based ab initio study on glyphosate degradation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2021; 23:1018-1028. [PMID: 34288996 DOI: 10.1039/d1em00100k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Glyphosate degradation has been extensively examined; however, only a few detailed computational studies have been performed on the topic so far. There are substantial differences between the degradation products of glyphosate, as AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid) is toxic while sarcosine intermediate is non-toxic. These species can have different effects on the environment and, indirectly, on the human body. We performed calculations using density functional theory and post-Hartree-Fock correlated ab initio methods to find the possible mechanisms for the degradation process by small (hydroxyl, peroxyl, and superoxide) radicals. We found that direct sarcosine formation is strongly dependent on the concentration of the radical species. AMPA and glycine were mostly formed as aldehyde derivatives, while in addition to the former, glyoxylate and bicarbonate are formed alternatively. A significant pH effect was also found for the competitive reactions determined by the calculated rate constants of the elementary steps. Overall barriers showed similarities by DFT but ab initio methods could separate them.
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- St. Mary's College of Maryland, 47645 College Drive, St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
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Geng Y, Jiang L, Zhang D, Liu B, Zhang J, Cheng H, Wang L, Peng Y, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Xu Y, Liu X. Glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufosinate ammonium in agricultural groundwater and surface water in China from 2017 to 2018: Occurrence, main drivers, and environmental risk assessment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 769:144396. [PMID: 33486182 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium are the main herbicides used to control weeds in no-tillage agricultural fields in China. However, their leaching risk to groundwater and ecological risk to aquatic organisms remain unclear. From the agricultural basins among 10 provinces of China, glyphosate, its main metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and glufosinate ammonium were detected in 1.01%, 0.86%, 0% of 694 groundwater samples with the maximum concentrations of 2.09, 5.13, and <0.05 μg/L, and were detected in 14.3%, 15.8%, and 2.6% of 196 surface water samples with the maximum levels of 32.49, 10.31 and 13.15 μg/L. Furthermore, to evaluate the main drivers of exposure to the targets in water bodies, the fate models were used. The model simulation indicated that spray drift and overflow runoff were the key factors affecting the exposure to targets in surface water adjacent to rice field, whereas the spray drift deposition, runoff, and erosion induced the exposure to the targets in pond water close to dry land crop fields under different meteorological conditions and soil characteristics. The targets in groundwater posed a low risk to water consumption, while fish embryos might be at unacceptable risk due to glufosinate ammonium exposure in surface water with median risk quotient (RQ) equal to 55.6. The results highlight the spatial and seasonal distribution of glyphosate, AMPA, and glufosinate ammonium in groundwater and surface water in agricultural basins of China, providing the first evidence to the environmental risk of the targets to drinking water consumption and aquatic organism safety in China agriculture system.
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- Yue Geng
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China.
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, China; Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China; National Reference Laboratory for Agricultural Testing, China
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Robichaud CD, Rooney RC. Title: Low concentrations of glyphosate in water and sediment after direct over-water application to control an invasive aquatic plant. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 188:116573. [PMID: 33152590 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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When an invasive wetland grass degrades a Ramsar wetland and Important Bird Area, decisive management action is called for. To limit the extent and spread of European Phragmites australis, the Ontario government began the first, large-scale application of glyphosate (Roundup CustomⓇ) over standing water to control an invasive species in Canadian history. Between 2016 and 2018, over 1000 ha of marsh were treated. To assess the concentration, movement and longevity of this herbicide in treated marshes, we measured the concentration of glyphosate, its primary breakdown product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and the alcohol ethoxylate-based adjuvant AquasurfⓇ in water and sediments in areas of the highest exposure and up to 150 m into adjacent bays. The maximum observed concentration of glyphosate in water was 0.320 mg/L, occurring within 24 hr of application. The maximum glyphosate concentration in sediment was 0.250 mg/kg, occurring within about 30 days of application. AMPA was detectable in water and sediment, indicating microbial breakdown of glyphosate in the marsh, but at low concentrations (maxwater = 0.025 mg/L, maxsed = 0.012 mg/kg). The maximum distance from the point of application that glyphosate was detected in the water was 100 m, while AMPA was detectable only at the edge of where glyphosate was applied (0 m). Concentrations in water returned to pre-treatment levels ( 0.005 mg/kg) for over one year but less than two years. Concentrations of alcohol ethoxylates were variable in space and time, following a pattern that could not be attributed to AquasurfⓇ use. The direct, over-water application of Roundup CustomⓇ with AquasurfⓇ to control invasive P. australis did not reach concentrations deemed to pose toxicological concern to aquatic biota by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment.
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Santos JS, Pontes MS, Santiago EF, Fiorucci AR, Arruda GJ. An efficient and simple method using a graphite oxide electrochemical sensor for the determination of glyphosate in environmental samples. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 749:142385. [PMID: 33370922 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Excessive and indiscriminate use of the herbicide glyphosate (GLY) leaves the environment susceptible to its contamination. This work describes the development of a simple, inexpensive, and efficient electroanalytical method using graphite oxide paste electrode (GrO-PE) for the direct determination of GLY traces in groundwater samples, soybean extracts, and lettuce extracts. Under optimal experimental conditions, the developed sensor exhibited a linear response of the peak current intensity vs. the concentration, in the range of 1.8 × 10-5 to 1.2 × 10-3 mol L-1 for GLY. The limits of detection and quantification are 1.7 × 10-8 mol L-1 and 5.6 × 10-8 mol L-1, respectively. The methodology developed here demonstrated a strong analytical performance, with high reproducibility, repeatability, and precision. Moreover, it successfully avoided interference from other substances, showing high selectivity. The GrO-PE sensor was effectively applied to determine GLY traces in real samples with recovery rates ranging from 98% to 102%. Results showed that the GrO-PE is effective and useful for GLY detection, with the advantage of not involving laborious modifications and complicated handling, making it a promising tool for environmental analysis.
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- Jaqueline S Santos
- Department of Plant Resources, Natural Resources Program (PGRN), Mato Grosso do Sul State University (UEMS), P.O. Box 351, Dourados, MS 7984-970, Brazil; Department of Analytical Chemistry, Natural Resources Program (PGRN), Mato Grosso do Sul State University (UEMS), P.O. Box 351, Dourados, MS 7984-970, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Resources, Natural Resources Program (PGRN), Mato Grosso do Sul State University (UEMS), P.O. Box 351, Dourados, MS 7984-970, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Resources, Natural Resources Program (PGRN), Mato Grosso do Sul State University (UEMS), P.O. Box 351, Dourados, MS 7984-970, Brazil
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Natural Resources Program (PGRN), Mato Grosso do Sul State University (UEMS), P.O. Box 351, Dourados, MS 7984-970, Brazil
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Natural Resources Program (PGRN), Mato Grosso do Sul State University (UEMS), P.O. Box 351, Dourados, MS 7984-970, Brazil.
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Ma Y, Gao Y, Zhao K, Zhang H, Li Z, Du F, Hu J. Simple, Effective, and Ecofriendly Strategy to Inhibit Droplet Bouncing on Hydrophobic Weed Leaves. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:50126-50134. [PMID: 33090773 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c13066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Despite small-molecule surfactants and polymers being widely used as pesticide adjuvants to inhibit droplet bouncing and splashing, they still have intrinsic drawbacks either in the easy wind drift and evaporation, the unfavorable wettability, or the usage of nonrenewable resources. In this paper, we found that upon droplet impacting, 1D nanofibers assembled from natural glycyrrhizic acid (GL) could pin on the rough hydrophobic surface and delay the retraction rate of droplets effectively. Using GL as a tank-mixed adjuvant, the efficiency of glyphosate to control the weed growth was improved significantly in the field experiment, which addressed the dilemmas of current adjuvants elegantly. Our work not only provides a constructive way to overcome droplet bouncing but also prompted us to verify in future if all 1D nanofibers assembled from different small molecules can display similar control efficiencies.
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- Yue Ma
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road 2, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, North Third Ring Road 15, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
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Geerdink R, Hassing M, Ayarza N, Bruggink C, Wielheesen M, Claassen J, Epema O. Analysis of glyphosate, AMPA, Glufosinate and MPPA with ION chromatography tandem mass spectrometry using A membrane suppressor in the ammonium form application to surface water of low to moderate salinity. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1133:66-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Impact of pesticide exposure on adipose tissue development and function. Biochem J 2020; 477:2639-2653. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Obesity is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and health care expenditure whose incidence is rapidly rising across the globe. Although the cause of the obesity epidemic is typically viewed as a product of an increased availability of high calorie foods and/or a reduction in physical activity, there is mounting evidence that exposure to synthetic chemicals in our environment may play an important role. Pesticides, are a class of chemicals whose widespread use has coincided with the global rise of obesity over the past two decades. Importantly, given their lipophilic nature many pesticides have been shown to accumulate with adipose tissue depots, suggesting they may be disrupting the function of white adipose tissue (WAT), brown adipose tissue (BAT) and beige adipose tissue to promote obesity and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. In this review, we discuss epidemiological evidence linking pesticide exposure with body mass index (BMI) and the incidence of diabetes. We then review preclinical studies in rodent models which have directly evaluated the effects of different classes of insecticides and herbicides on obesity and metabolic dysfunction. Lastly, we review studies conducted in adipose tissue cells lines and the purported mechanisms by which pesticides may induce alterations in adipose tissue function. The review of the literature reveals major gaps in our knowledge regarding human exposure to pesticides and our understanding of whether physiologically relevant concentrations promote obesity and elicit alterations in key signaling pathways vital for maintaining adipose tissue metabolism.
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The Effects of Glyphosate and Its Commercial Formulations to Marine Invertebrates: A Review. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/jmse8060399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Glyphosate is the active ingredient of numerous commercial formulations of herbicides applied in different sectors, from agriculture to aquaculture. Due to its widespread use around the world, relatively high concentrations of glyphosate have been detected in soil and aquatic environments. The presence of glyphosate in aquatic ecosystems has aroused the attention of researchers because of its potential negative effects on living organisms, both animals and plants. In this context, this review intends to summarize results of studies aimed at evaluating the effects of glyphosate (both as active ingredient and component of commercial formulations) on marine invertebrates. Generally, data obtained in acute toxicity tests indicate that glyphosate and its commercial formulations are lethal at high concentrations (not environmentally realistic), whereas results of long-lasting experiments indicate that glyphosate can markedly affect biological responses of marine invertebrates. Consequently, more efforts should be addressed at evaluating chronic or sub-chronic effects of such substances to marine invertebrate species.
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Gallegos CE, Bartos M, Gumilar F, Raisman-Vozari R, Minetti A, Baier CJ. Intranasal glyphosate-based herbicide administration alters the redox balance and the cholinergic system in the mouse brain. Neurotoxicology 2020; 77:205-215. [PMID: 31991143 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Pesticide exposure is associated with cognitive and psychomotor disorders. Glyphosate-based herbicides (GlyBH) are among the most used agrochemicals, and inhalation of GlyBH sprays may arise from frequent aerial pulverizations. Previously, we described that intranasal (IN) administration of GlyBH in mice decreases locomotor activity, increases anxiety, and impairs recognition memory. Then, the aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in GlyBH neurotoxicity after IN administration. Adult male CF-1 mice were exposed to GlyBH IN administration (equivalent to 50 mg/kg/day of Gly acid, 3 days a week, during 4 weeks). Total thiol content and the activity of the enzymes catalase, acetylcholinesterase and transaminases were evaluated in different brain areas. In addition, markers of the cholinergic and the nigrostriatal pathways, as well as of astrocytes were evaluated by fluorescence microscopy in coronal brain sections. The brain areas chosen for analysis were those seen to be affected in our previous study. GlyBH IN administration impaired the redox balance of the brain and modified the activities of enzymes involved in cholinergic and glutamatergic pathways. Moreover, GlyBH treatment decreased the number of cholinergic neurons in the medial septum as well as the expression of the α7-acetylcholine receptor in the hippocampus. Also, the number of astrocytes increased in the anterior olfactory nucleus of the exposed mice. Taken together, these disturbances may contribute to the neurobehavioural impairments reported previously by us after IN GlyBH administration in mice.
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- Cristina Eugenia Gallegos
- Laboratorio de Toxicología, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur (INBIOSUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur (INBIOSUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur (INBIOSUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- INSERM UMR 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, UPMC, ThérapeutiqueExpérimentale de la Neurodégénérescence, Hôpital de la Salpetrière-ICM (Institut du cerveau et de la moelleépinière), Paris, France
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur (INBIOSUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur (INBIOSUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur-CONICET, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Stavra E, Petrou PS, Koukouvinos G, Economou A, Goustouridis D, Misiakos K, Raptis I, Kakabakos SE. Fast, sensitive and selective determination of herbicide glyphosate in water samples with a White Light Reflectance Spectroscopy immunosensor. Talanta 2020; 214:120854. [PMID: 32278411 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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An optical immunosensor based on White Light Reflectance Spectroscopy is described for the determination of the herbicide glyphosate in drinking water samples. The biosensor allows for the label-free real-time monitoring of biomolecular interactions taking place onto a SiO2/Si chip by transforming the shift in the reflected interference spectrum caused by the immunoreaction to effective biomolecular adlayer thickness. Glyphosate determination is accomplished by functionalizing the chip with a protein conjugate of the herbicide followed by a competitive immunoassay format. Prior to the assay, glyphosate derivatization in the calibrators and/or the samples was performed through reaction with succinic anhydride. Under the optimized assay protocol, a detection limit of 10 pg mL-1 was achieved. Recovery values ranging from 90.0 to 110% were determined in spiked bottled and tap water samples, demonstrating the accuracy of the method. In addition, the sensor could be regenerated and re-used for at least 14 times without statistically significant effect on the assay sensitivity and accuracy. The excellent analytical performance and short analysis time (approx. 25 min), combined with the small sensor size, should be helpful for the fast on-site determination of glyphosate in drinking water samples.
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- Eleftheria Stavra
- Immunoassays-Immunosensors Lab, INRASTES, NCSR "Demokritos", 15341, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece; Analytical Chemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Zografou, Greece
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- Immunoassays-Immunosensors Lab, INRASTES, NCSR "Demokritos", 15341, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece.
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- Immunoassays-Immunosensors Lab, INRASTES, NCSR "Demokritos", 15341, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Analytical Chemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Zografou, Greece
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- Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, NCSR "Demokritos", 15341, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
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- ThetaMetrisis S.A., Polydefkous 14, 12243 Egaleo, Greece
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- Immunoassays-Immunosensors Lab, INRASTES, NCSR "Demokritos", 15341, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
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Gros P, Meissner R, Wirth MA, Kanwischer M, Rupp H, Schulz-Bull DE, Leinweber P. Leaching and degradation of 13C 2- 15N-glyphosate in field lysimeters. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2020; 192:127. [PMID: 31960150 PMCID: PMC6970956 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-8045-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Glyphosate (GLYP), the globally most important herbicide, may have effects in various compartments of the environment such as soil and water. Although laboratory studies showed fast microbial degradation and a low leaching potential, it is often detected in various environmental compartments, but pathways are unknown. Therefore, the objective was to study GLYP leaching and transformations in a lysimeter field experiment over a study period of one hydrological year using non-radioactive 13C2-15N-GLYP labelling and maize cultivation. 15N and 13C were selectively measured using isotopic ratio mass spectrometry (IR-MS) in leachates, soil, and plant material. Additionally, HPLC coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) was used for quantitation of GLYP and its main degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in different environmental compartments (leachates and soil). Results show low recoveries for GLYP (< 3%) and AMPA (< level of detection) in soil after the study period, whereas recoveries of 15N (11-19%) and 13C (23-54%) were higher. Time independent enrichment of 15N and 13C and the absence of GLYP and AMPA in leachates indicated further degradation. 15N was enriched in all compartments of maize plants (roots, shoots, and cobs). 13C was only enriched in roots. Results confirmed rapid degradation to further degradation products, e.g., 15NH4+, which plausibly was taken up as nutrient by plants. Due to the discrepancy of low GLYP and AMPA concentrations in soil, but higher values for 15N and 13C after the study period, it cannot be excluded that non-extractable residues of GLYP remained and accumulated in soil.
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- Peter Gros
- Agricultural and Environmental Science, Soil Science, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051, Rostock, Germany.
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- Department of Soil System Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Lysimeter Station, Falkenberg 55, 39615, Altmärkische Wische, Germany
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- Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Soil System Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Lysimeter Station, Falkenberg 55, 39615, Altmärkische Wische, Germany
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- Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Seestrasse 15, 18119, Rostock, Germany
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- Agricultural and Environmental Science, Soil Science, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051, Rostock, Germany
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Xu B, Sun QJ, Lan JCW, Chen WM, Hsueh CC, Chen BY. Exploring the glyphosate-degrading characteristics of a newly isolated, highly adapted indigenous bacterial strain, Providencia rettgeri GDB 1. J Biosci Bioeng 2019; 128:80-87. [PMID: 30782422 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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This study explored the characteristics of a newly isolated glyphosate (GLYP)-degrading bacterium Providencia rettgeri GDB 1, for GLYP bioremediation. Due to the serial selection pressure of high GLYP concentrations for enriched isolation, this highly tolerant GLYP biodegrader shows very promising capabilities for GLYP removal (approximately 71.4% degradation efficiency) compared to previously reported strains. High performance liquid chromatography analyses showed aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) rather than sarcosine (SAR) to be the sole intermediate of GLYP decomposition via the AMPA formation pathway. Moreover, GLYP biodegradation was biochemically favorable in aerobic cultures due to its strong growth-associated characteristics. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to indicate that bacterial strains in the Providencia genus could demonstrate highly promising GLYP-degrading characteristics in environments with high GLYP contents.
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- Bin Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Research Center for Learning Science, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, PR China; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 26047, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Research Center for Learning Science, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, PR China
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- Biorefinery and Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Chungli, Taoyuan 32003, Taiwan
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- Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142 Hai-Chuan Road, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 26047, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 26047, Taiwan.
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Garba J, Samsuri AW, Othman R, Ahmad Hamdani MS. Adsorption-desorption and leaching potential of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in acidic Malaysian soil amended with cow dung and rice husk ash. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2018; 190:676. [PMID: 30368595 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-7034-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study investigates adsorption-desorption and the leaching potential of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in control and amended-addition of cow dung or rice husk ash-acidic Malaysian soil with high oxide mineral content. The addition of cow dung or rice husk ash increased the adsorptive removal of AMPA. The isotherm data of glyphosate and AMPA best fitted the Freundlich model. The constant Kf for glyphosate was high in the control soil (544.873 mg g-1) followed by soil with cow dung (482.451 mg g-1) then soil with rice husk ash (418.539 mg g-1). However, for AMPA, soil with cow dung was high (166.636 mg g-1) followed by soil with rice husk ash (137.570 mg g-1) then the control soil (48.446 mg g-1). The 1/n values for both glyphosate and AMPA adsorptions were < 1 indicating their strong affinity for adsorbents. Desorption of both glyphosate and AMPA occurred only in the control soil. The compounds were not detected in soils with added cow dung or rice husk ash. The addition of cow dung or rice husk ash increased glyphosate mobility. However, ground water ubiquity scores for both control and amended soils were < 2.8. This indicated glyphosate is a transitional herbicide; therefore, its leaching potential in the soil is low, despite the addition of cow dung or rice husk ash. Addition of these wastes decreased the mobility and leaching potential of AMPA. The addition of cow dung or rice husk ash could be beneficial in increasing adsorption and enhancing degradation of these compounds.
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- Jamilu Garba
- Department of Agricultural Education, Zamfara State College of Education, Maru, Zamfara, 1002, Nigeria.
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- Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Boone MD. An amphibian with a contracting range is not more vulnerable to pesticides in outdoor experimental communities than common species. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2018; 37:2699-2704. [PMID: 30035389 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In areas with heavy pesticide use, it is easy to attribute population declines to environmental contamination. The Blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi) is an amphibian experiencing declines and range contractions across its distribution in the Midwest Corn Belt (USA). Experimental studies suggest that cricket frogs are sensitive to pesticides, but there are few studies examining this species' susceptibility to contaminants in realistic environments or comparing relative impacts with other anuran species. I reared 3 summer breeding anurans in outdoor mesocosms posthatching through metamorphosis to examine the effects of 2 insecticides (imidacloprid and carbaryl) and 1 herbicide (glyphosate with polyoxyethylene tallow amine) on larval development and metamorphosis. Cricket frogs were positively affected by insecticide exposure, likely a result of changes in the food web that increased food abundance. However, metamorphosis of green frogs (Lithobates clamitans) and gray tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) appeared unaffected by pesticide exposure. The results of the present study suggest that the impacts of pesticides alone are unlikely to have population-level impacts for the anurans examined. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2699-2704. © 2018 SETAC.
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Masiol M, Giannì B, Prete M. Herbicides in river water across the northeastern Italy: occurrence and spatial patterns of glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufosinate ammonium. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:24368-24378. [PMID: 29948720 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2511-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium are the active ingredients of commonly used herbicides. Active agricultural lands extend over a large part of the Veneto region (Eastern Po Valley, Italy) and glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium are widely used. Consequently, surface waters can be potentially contaminated. This study investigates the occurrence of glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium as well as aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA, the degradation product of glyphosate) in river water of Veneto. Eighty-six samples were collected in 2015 at multiple sampling points across the region. Samples were analyzed for the two target herbicides, AMPA as well as for other variables, including water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, hardness, BOD, COD, inorganic ions, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, total suspended solids, arsenic, and lead. The average concentrations (all samples) were 0.17, 0.18, and 0.10 μg L-1 for glyphosate, AMPA, and glufosinate ammonium, respectively. The European upper tolerable level for pesticides (annual average 0.1 μg L-1) was often exceeded. Chemometric analysis was therefore applied to (i) investigate the relationships among water pollutants, (ii) detect the potential sources of water contamination, (iii) assess the effective water pollution of rivers by identifying river basins with anomalous pollution levels, and (iv) assess the spatial variability of detected sources. Factor analysis identified four factors interpreted as potential sources and processes (use of herbicides, leaching of fertilizers, urban/industrial discharges, and the biological activity on polluted or stagnant waters). A discriminant analysis revealed that the pollution from anthropogenic discharges is homogeneously present in surface water of Veneto, while biological activity and fertilizers present heterogeneous distributions. This study gives insights into the concentrations of herbicides in rivers flowing through a wide region that has heavy use of these chemicals in agriculture. The study also points out some hot-spots and suggests the future implementation of the current monitoring protocols and network.
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- Mauro Masiol
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, 265 Crittenden Boulevard, CU 420644, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
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- Dipartimento Regionale Laboratori, Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e Protezione Ambientale del Veneto (ARPAV), 31100, Treviso, Italy
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- Dipartimento Regionale Laboratori, Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e Protezione Ambientale del Veneto (ARPAV), 31100, Treviso, Italy
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Zhan H, Feng Y, Fan X, Chen S. Recent advances in glyphosate biodegradation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:5033-5043. [PMID: 29705962 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9035-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Glyphosate has emerged as the most widespread herbicide to control annual and perennial weeds. Massive use of glyphosate for decades has resulted in its ubiquitous presence in the environment, and poses a threat to humans and ecosystem. Different approaches such as adsorption, photocatalytic degradation, and microbial degradation have been studied to break down glyphosate in the environment. Among these, microbial degradation is the most effective and eco-friendly method. During its degradation, various microorganisms can use glyphosate as a sole source of phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen. Major glyphosate degradation pathways and its metabolites have been frequently investigated, but the related enzymes and genes have been rarely studied. There are many reviews about the toxicity and fate of glyphosate and its major metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid. However, there is lack of reviews on biodegradation and bioremediation of glyphosate. The aims of this review are to summarize the microbial degradation of glyphosate and discuss the potential of glyphosate-degrading microorganisms to bioremediate glyphosate-contaminated environments. This review will provide an instructive direction to apply glyphosate-degrading microorganisms in the environment for bioremediation.
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- Hui Zhan
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.
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Okada E, Pérez D, De Gerónimo E, Aparicio V, Massone H, Costa JL. Non-point source pollution of glyphosate and AMPA in a rural basin from the southeast Pampas, Argentina. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:15120-15132. [PMID: 29556978 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1734-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We measured the occurrence and seasonal variations of glyphosate and its metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), in different environmental compartments within the limits of an agricultural basin. This topic is of high relevance since glyphosate is the most applied pesticide in agricultural systems worldwide. We were able to quantify the seasonal variations of glyphosate that result mainly from endo-drift inputs, that is, from direct spraying either onto genetically modified (GM) crops (i.e., soybean and maize) or onto weeds in no-till practices. We found that both glyphosate and AMPA accumulate in soil, but the metabolite accumulates to a greater extent due to its higher persistence. Knowing that glyphosate and AMPA were present in soils (> 93% of detection for both compounds), we aimed to study the dispersion to other environmental compartments (surface water, stream sediments, and groundwater), in order to establish the degree of non-point source pollution. Also, we assessed the relationship between the water-table depth and glyphosate and AMPA levels in groundwater. All of the studied compartments had variable levels of glyphosate and AMPA. The highest frequency of detections was found in the stream sediments samples (glyphosate 95%, AMPA 100%), followed by surface water (glyphosate 28%, AMPA 50%) and then groundwater (glyphosate 24%, AMPA 33%). Despite glyphosate being considered a molecule with low vertical mobility in soils, we found that its detection in groundwater was strongly associated with the month where glyphosate concentration in soil was the highest. However, we did not find a direct relation between groundwater table depth and glyphosate or AMPA detections. This is the first simultaneous study of glyphosate and AMPA seasonal variations in soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediments within a rural basin.
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- Elena Okada
- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Route 226 Km 73.5, 7620, Balcarce, Argentina.
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- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Route 226 Km 73.5, 7620, Balcarce, Argentina
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- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Route 226 Km 73.5, 7620, Balcarce, Argentina
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- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Route 226 Km 73.5, 7620, Balcarce, Argentina
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- Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario FCEyN (Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), Route 226 Km 73.5, 7620, Balcarce, Argentina
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Ahmed AA, Leinweber P, Kühn O. Unravelling the nature of glyphosate binding to goethite surfaces by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:1531-1539. [PMID: 29260152 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp06245a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Investigation of the interaction between glyphosate (GLP) and soil minerals is essential for understanding GLP's fate in the environment. Whereas GLP-goethite binding has been discussed extensively, the impact of water as well as of different goethite surface planes has not been studied yet. In this contribution, periodic density functional theory-based molecular dynamics simulations are applied to explore possible binding mechanisms for GLP with three goethite surface planes (010, 001, and 100) in the presence of water. The investigation included several binding motifs of monodentate (M) and bidentate (B) type. It was found that the binding stability increases in the order M@001 < M@010 < (2O + 2Fe) B@100 < M@100 < (1O + 2Fe) B@001 < (2O + 1Fe) B@010. This behavior has been traced to the presence of intramolecular H-bonds (HBs) in GLP as well as intermolecular HBs between GLP and water, GLP and goethite, and water and goethite. These interactions are accompanied by proton transfer from GLP to water and to goethite, and from water to goethite as well as water dissociation at the goethite surface. Further, it was observed that the OH- species can replace the adsorbed GLP at the goethite surface, which could explain the well-known drastic drop in GLP adsorption at high pH. The present results highlight the role of water in the GLP-goethite interaction and provide a molecular level perspective on available experimental data.
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- Ashour A Ahmed
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, D-18059 Rostock, Germany.
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Wang M, Qian Y, Liu X, Wei P, Deng M, Wang L, Wu H, Zhu G. Multiple spectroscopic analyses reveal the fate and metabolism of sulfamide herbicide triafamone in agricultural environments. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 230:107-115. [PMID: 28649038 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Triafamone, a sulfamide herbicide, has been extensively utilized for weed control in rice paddies in Asia. However, its fate and transformation in the environment have not been established. Through a rice paddy microcosm-based simulation trial combined with multiple spectroscopic analyses, we isolated and identified three novel metabolites of triafamone, including hydroxyl triafamone (HTA), hydroxyl triafamone glycoside (HTAG), and oxazolidinedione triafamone (OTA). When triafamone was applied to rice paddies at a concentration of 34.2 g active ingredient/ha, this was predominantly distributed in the paddy soil and water, and then rapidly dissipated in accordance with the first-order rate model, with half-lives of 4.3-11.0 days. As the main transformation pathway, triafamone was assimilated by the rice plants and was detoxified into HTAG, whereas the rest was reduced into HTA with subsequent formation of OTA. At the senescence stage, brown rice had incurred triafamone at a concentration of 0.0016 mg/kg, but the hazard quotient was <1, suggesting that long-term consumption of the triafamone-containing brown rice is relatively safe. The findings of the present study indicate that triafamone is actively metabolized in the agricultural environment, and elucidation of the link between environmental exposure to these triazine or oxazolidinedione moieties that contain metabolites and their potential impacts is warranted.
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- Mengcen Wang
- Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Agricultural and Food Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Behavioral impairments following repeated intranasal glyphosate-based herbicide administration in mice. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2017; 64:63-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Grandcoin A, Piel S, Baurès E. AminoMethylPhosphonic acid (AMPA) in natural waters: Its sources, behavior and environmental fate. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 117:187-197. [PMID: 28391123 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.03.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The widely occurring degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) is a result of glyphosate and amino-polyphosphonate degradation. Massive use of the parent compounds leads to the ubiquity of AMPA in the environment, and particularly in water. The purpose of this review is to summarize and discuss current insights into AMPA formation, transport, persistence and toxicity. In agricultural soils, AMPA is concentrated in the topsoil, and degrades slowly in most soils. It can reach shallow groundwater, but rarely managed to enter deep groundwater. AMPA is strongly adsorbed to soil particles and moves with the particles towards the stream in rainfall runoff. In urban areas, AMPA comes from phosphonates and glyphosate in wastewater. It is commonly found at the outlets of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP). Sediments tend to accumulate AMPA, where it may be biodegraded. Airborne AMPA is not negligible, but does wash-out with heavy rainfall. AMPA is reported to be persistent and can be biologically degraded in soils and sediments. Limited photodegradation in waters exists. AMPA mainly has its sources in agricultural leachates, and urban wastewater effluents. The domestic contribution to urban loads is negligible. There is a critical lack of epidemiological data - especially on water exposure - to understand the toxicological effects, if any, of AMPA on humans. Fortunately, well operated water treatment plants remove a significant proportion of the AMPA from water, even though there are not sufficient regulatory limits for metabolites.
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- Alexis Grandcoin
- Environment and Health Research Laboratory (LERES), EHESP School of Public Health, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard-CS 74312, Rennes Cedex, 35043, France; Inserm, U 1085 Institute of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (IRSET), Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard-CS 74312, Rennes Cedex, 35043, France; SAUR Research and Development, 2 rue de la Bresle, Maurepas 78310, France.
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- SAUR Research and Development, 2 rue de la Bresle, Maurepas 78310, France
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- Environment and Health Research Laboratory (LERES), EHESP School of Public Health, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard-CS 74312, Rennes Cedex, 35043, France; Inserm, U 1085 Institute of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (IRSET), Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard-CS 74312, Rennes Cedex, 35043, France.
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Rendon-von Osten J, Dzul-Caamal R. Glyphosate Residues in Groundwater, Drinking Water and Urine of Subsistence Farmers from Intensive Agriculture Localities: A Survey in Hopelchén, Campeche, Mexico. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2017; 14:E595. [PMID: 28587206 PMCID: PMC5486281 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The use of pesticides in Mexican agriculture creates an interest in learning about the presence of these substances in different environmental matrices. Glyphosate (GLY) is an herbicide widely used in the state of Campeche, located in the Mayan zone in the western Yucatan peninsula. Despite the fact that GLY is considered a non-toxic pesticide to humans, its presence in water bodies through spillage, runoff, and leaching are a risk to human health or biota that inhabit these ecosystems. In the present study, glyphosate residues were determined in groundwater, bottled drinking water, and the urine of subsistence farmers from various localities of the Hopelchén municipality in Campeche. Determination of GLY was carried out using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). The highest concentrations of GLY were observed in the groundwater (1.42 μg/L) of Ich-Ek and urine (0.47 μg/L) samples of subsistence farmers from the Francisco J. Mújica communities. The glyphosate concentrations in groundwater and bottled drinking water indicate an exposure and excessive use of glyphosate in these agricultural communities. This is one of the first studies that reports glyphosate concentration levels in human urine and bottled drinking water in México and in the groundwater in the Yucatan Peninsula as part of a prospective pilot study, to which a follow-up will be performed to monitor this trend over time.
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- Jaime Rendon-von Osten
- Instituto EPOMEX, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campus VI, Av. Héroe de Nacozari 480, 24070 Campeche, Mexico.
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- Instituto EPOMEX, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Campus VI, Av. Héroe de Nacozari 480, 24070 Campeche, Mexico.
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Gros P, Ahmed A, Kühn O, Leinweber P. Glyphosate binding in soil as revealed by sorption experiments and quantum-chemical modeling. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 586:527-535. [PMID: 28236479 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The herbicide glyphosate (GLP) is supposed to be rapidly degraded or adsorbed strongly by soil solids but findings in soil years after application and concentrations in waters above legal limits question a harmless disappearance. Therefore, we conducted batch sorption experiments with 23 thoroughly characterized arable surface soils, correlated isotherm coefficients with numerous inorganic and organic soil parameters, and investigated GLP-SOM-complexes by quantum-chemical modeling. The Freundlich sorption model yielded the best fits, and coefficients Kf and nf were correlated positively with the contents of clay/silt. The contents of organic C (Corg) and of the mass-spectrometrically determined SOM-compound classes carbohydrates, phenols/lignin monomers, lignin dimers, lipids, alkylaromatics, non-amide N and amides and sterols all were strongly positively correlated with the Freundlich coefficients. Quantum-chemical modeling showed that both GLP phosphonic and carboxylic functional groups interact similarly with the polar SOM functional groups via H-bond formation but the GLP phosphonic moiety is most important in the GLP-SOM-interaction. Moreover, the interaction mechanism between GLP and every modeled SOM-compound class was explored indicating the importance of the polarity, electron density, and site of attack of the SOM fragments in the GLP-SOM-interaction. Partial binding energies were combined to a total binding energy (EB,tot) of GLP to the SOM, considering the mass spectrometrically quantified compound classes for each individual soil sample. The resulting strongly positive correlation between the EB,tot and the Corg provided compelling new experimental-theoretical evidence for the importance of SOM on the GLP binding and its behavior in the environment. In conclusion, the multitude of binding mechanisms to clay minerals and organic colloids make the occurrence of free GLP rather unlikely but a leaching of GLP complexes via preferential flow path through soil and transfer to waterways rather likely.
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- Peter Gros
- University of Rostock, Soil Science, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, D-18059 Rostock, Germany.
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, D-18051 Rostock, Germany; University of Cairo, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, 12613 Giza, Egypt.
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, D-18051 Rostock, Germany.
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- University of Rostock, Soil Science, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, D-18059 Rostock, Germany.
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The global prevalence of obesity has been increasing at a staggering pace, with few indications of any decline, and is now one of the major public health challenges worldwide. While obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have historically thought to be largely driven by increased caloric intake and lack of exercise, this is insufficient to account for the observed changes in disease trends. There is now increasing evidence to suggest that exposure to synthetic chemicals in our environment may also play a key role in the etiology and pathophysiology of metabolic diseases. Importantly, exposures occurring in early life (in utero and early childhood) may have a more profound effect on life-long risk of obesity and MetS. This narrative review explores the evidence linking early-life exposure to a suite of chemicals that are common contaminants associated with food production (pesticides; imidacloprid, chlorpyrifos, and glyphosate) and processing (acrylamide), in addition to chemicals ubiquitously found in our household goods (brominated flame retardants) and drinking water (heavy metals) and changes in key pathways important for the development of MetS and obesity.
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- Nicole E De Long
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Correspondence: Alison C Holloway, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, RM HSC-3N52, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, Tel +1 905 525 9140 ext 22130, Fax +1 905 524 2911, Email
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Bai SH, Ogbourne SM. Glyphosate: environmental contamination, toxicity and potential risks to human health via food contamination. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:18988-9001. [PMID: 27541149 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7425-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Glyphosate has been the most widely used herbicide during the past three decades. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies glyphosate as 'practically non-toxic and not an irritant' under the acute toxicity classification system. This classification is based primarily on toxicity data and due to its unique mode of action via a biochemical pathway that only exists in a small number of organisms that utilise the shikimic acid pathway to produce amino acids, most of which are green plants. This classification is supported by the majority of scientific literature on the toxic effects of glyphosate. However, in 2005, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported that glyphosate and its major metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), are of potential toxicological concern, mainly as a result of accumulation of residues in the food chain. The FAO further states that the dietary risk of glyphosate and AMPA is unlikely if the maximum daily intake of 1 mg kg(-1) body weight (bw) is not exceeded. Research has now established that glyphosate can persist in the environment, and therefore, assessments of the health risks associated with glyphosate are more complicated than suggested by acute toxicity data that relate primarily to accidental high-rate exposure. We have used recent literature to assess the possible risks associated with the presence of glyphosate residues in food and the environment.
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- Shahla Hosseini Bai
- GeneCology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia.
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- GeneCology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia
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Van Stempvoort DR, Spoelstra J, Senger ND, Brown SJ, Post R, Struger J. Glyphosate residues in rural groundwater, Nottawasaga River Watershed, Ontario, Canada. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2016; 72:1862-72. [PMID: 26732707 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of glyphosate residues (glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA) in shallow groundwater in a catchment dominated by agriculture, and to examine the potential for this groundwater to store and transmit these compounds to surface waters. RESULTS Glyphosate residues were found in some of the groundwater samples collected in riparian (surface seeps), upland (mostly <20 m below ground) and wetland settings (<3 m below ground). Overall, glyphosate and AMPA were detected in 10.5 and 5.0%, respectively, of the groundwater samples analyzed as part of this study. All concentrations of glyphosate were well below Canadian guidelines for drinking water quality and for protection of aquatic life. Seasonal differences in concentrations in riparian seeps were possibly related to cycles of weather, herbicide application and degradation of glyphosate. Highest concentrations were at upland sites (663 ng L(-1) of glyphosate, 698 ng L(-1) of AMPA), apparently related to localized applications. Most glyphosate detections in wetlands were >0.5 km distant from possible areas of application, and, combined with other factors, suggest an atmospheric transport and deposition delivery mechanism. In both upland and wetland settings, highest glyphosate concentrations were sometimes not at the shallowest depths, indicating influence of hydrological factors. CONCLUSION The glyphosate/AMPA detections in riparian seeps demonstrated that these compounds are persistent enough to allow groundwater to store and transmit glyphosate residues to surface waters. Detections in the wetlands support earlier evidence that atmospheric transport and deposition may lead to glyphosate contamination of environments not intended as targets of applications. This interpretation is further supported by detections of both glyphosate and AMPA in precipitation samples collected in the same watershed. © 2016 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada Pest Management Science © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Dale R Van Stempvoort
- Environment Canada - Water Science and Technology Directorate, Burlington, ON, Canada
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- Environment Canada - Water Science and Technology Directorate, Burlington, ON, Canada
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Environment Canada - Water Science and Technology Directorate, Burlington, ON, Canada
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- Engineering and Technical Services, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, Utopia, ON, Canada
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- Environment Canada - Water Science and Technology Directorate, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Wang S, Seiwert B, Kästner M, Miltner A, Schäffer A, Reemtsma T, Yang Q, Nowak KM. (Bio)degradation of glyphosate in water-sediment microcosms - A stable isotope co-labeling approach. WATER RESEARCH 2016; 99:91-100. [PMID: 27140906 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Glyphosate and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) are frequently detected in water and sediments. Up to date, there are no comprehensive studies on the fate of glyphosate in water-sediment microcosms according to OECD 308 guideline. Stable isotope co-labeled (13)C3(15)N-glyphosate was used to determine the turnover mass balance, formation of metabolites, and formation of residues over a period of 80 days. In the water-sediment system, 56% of the initial (13)C3-glyphosate equivalents was ultimately mineralized, whereas the mineralization in the water system (without sediment) was low, reaching only 2% of (13)C-glyphosate equivalents. This finding demonstrates the key role of sediments in its degradation. Glyphosate was detected below detection limit in the water compartment on day 40, but could still be detected in the sediments, ultimately reaching 5% of (13)C3(15)N-glyphosate equivalents. A rapid increase in (13)C(15)N-AMPA was noted after 10 days, and these transformation products ultimately constituted 26% of the (13)C3-glyphosate equivalents and 79% of the (15)N-glyphosate equivalents. In total, 10% of the (13)C label and 12% of the (15)N label were incorporated into amino acids, indicating no risk bearing biogenic residue formation from (13)C3(15)N-glyphosate. Initially, glyphosate was biodegraded via the sarcosine pathway related to microbial growth, as shown by co-labeled (13)C(15)N-glycine and biogenic residue formation. Later, degradation via AMPA dominated under starvation conditions, as shown by the contents of (13)C-glycine. The presented data provide the first evidence of the speciation of the non-extractable residues as well as the utilization of glyphosate as a carbon and nitrogen source in the water-sediment system. This study also highlights the contribution of both the sarcosine and the AMPA degradation pathways under these conditions.
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- Shizong Wang
- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China; Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Strong RJ, Halsall CJ, Ferenčík M, Jones KC, Shore RF, Martin FL. Biospectroscopy reveals the effect of varying water quality on tadpole tissues of the common frog (Rana temporaria). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 213:322-337. [PMID: 26925755 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Amphibians are undergoing large population declines in many regions around the world. As environmental pollution from both agricultural and urban sources has been implicated in such declines, there is a need for a biomonitoring approach to study potential impacts on this vulnerable class of organism. This study assessed the use of infrared (IR) spectroscopy as a tool to detect changes in several tissues (liver, muscle, kidney, heart and skin) of late-stage common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles collected from ponds with differing water quality. Small differences in spectral signatures were revealed between a rural agricultural pond and an urban pond receiving wastewater and landfill run-off; these were limited to the liver and heart, although large differences in body size were apparent, surprisingly with tadpoles from the urban site larger than those from the rural site. Large differences in liver spectra were found between tadpoles from the pesticide and nutrient impacted pond compared to the rural agricultural pond, particularly in regions associated with lipids. Liver mass and hepatosomatic indices were found to be significantly increased in tadpoles from the site impacted by pesticides and trace organic chemicals, suggestive of exposure to environmental contamination. Significant alterations were also found in muscle tissue between tadpoles from these two ponds in regions associated with glycogen, potentially indicative of a stress response. This study highlights the use of IR spectroscopy, a low-cost, rapid and reagent-free technique in the biomonitoring of a class of organisms susceptible to environmental degradation.
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- Rebecca J Strong
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.
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- Povodí Labe, státní podnik, Odbor vodohospodářských Laboratory (OVHL), Víta Nejedlého 951, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; Institute of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK.
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Gallegos CE, Bartos M, Bras C, Gumilar F, Antonelli MC, Minetti A. Exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide during pregnancy and lactation induces neurobehavioral alterations in rat offspring. Neurotoxicology 2016; 53:20-28. [PMID: 26632987 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The impact of sub-lethal doses of herbicides on human health and the environment is a matter of controversy. Due to the fact that evidence particularly of the effects of glyphosate on the central nervous system of rat offspring by in utero exposure is scarce, the purpose of the present study was to assess the neurobehavioral effects of chronic exposure to a glyphosate-containing herbicide during pregnancy and lactation. To this end, pregnant Wistar rats were exposed through drinking water to 0.2% or 0.4% of a commercial formulation of glyphosate (corresponding to a concentration of 0.65 or 1.30g/L of glyphosate, respectively) during pregnancy and lactation and neurobehavioral alterations in offspring were analyzed. The postnatal day on which each pup acquired neonatal reflexes (righting, cliff aversion and negative geotaxis) and that on which eyes and auditory canals were fully opened were recorded for the assessment of sensorimotor development. Locomotor activity and anxiety levels were monitored via open field test and plus maze test, respectively, in 45- and 90-day-old offspring. Pups exposed to a glyphosate-based herbicide showed early onset of cliff aversion reflex and early auditory canal opening. A decrease in locomotor activity and in anxiety levels was also observed in the groups exposed to a glyphosate-containing herbicide. Findings from the present study reveal that early exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide affects the central nervous system in rat offspring probably by altering mechanisms or neurotransmitter systems that regulate locomotor activity and anxiety.
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- Cristina E Gallegos
- Laboratorio de Toxicología, INBIOSUR-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 8000, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, INBIOSUR-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 8000, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, INBIOSUR-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 8000, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, INBIOSUR-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 8000, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Prof. Eduardo De Robertis", Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, piso 3, Buenos Aires C1121ABG, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Toxicología, INBIOSUR-CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires 8000, Argentina
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Pellegrini E, Falcone L, Loppi S, Lorenzini G, Nali C. Impact of mechanical mowing and chemical treatment on phytosociological, pedochemical and biological parameters in roadside soils and vegetation. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2016; 25:279-90. [PMID: 26573685 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-015-1586-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Many chemical and non-chemical strategies have been applied to control weeds in agricultural and industrial areas. Knowledge regarding the effects of these methods on roadside vegetation is still poor. A 2-year field experiment was performed along a road located near Livorno (Tuscany, central Italy). Eight plots/strips were identified, of which four were subjected to periodical mechanical mowing and the remaining four were treated with a chemical herbicide based on glyphosate (the producer's recommended rates were used for the selective control of broad-leaved weeds). Our results clearly showed that roadside soil and vegetation are a significant reservoir of anthropogenic activities which have a strong negative effect on several phytosociological, pedochemical and biological parameters. Compared with conventional mechanical mowing, chemical treatment induced (i) a significant increase in organic matter in the upper plot layers (+18%), and (ii) a marked reduction in weed height throughout the entire period of the experiment. Irrespectively of the kind of treatment, no significance differences were detected in terms of (i) biological quality of soil (the abundance and diversity of arthropod communities did not change), and (ii) plant elemental content (bulk concentrations of analysed trace elements had a good fit within ranges of occurrence in the "reference plant"). The glyphosate partially controlled broad-leaved weeds and this moderate efficacy is dependent upon the season/time of application. In conclusion, the rational and sustainable use of chemical herbicides may be a useful tool for the management of roadside vegetation.
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- Elisa Pellegrini
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Monsanto Agricoltura Italia, Via Giovanni Spadolini 5, 20141, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
- Research Centre on Agro-Environment "Enrico Avanzi", University of Pisa, Via Vecchia di Marina 6, 56122, San Piero a Grado, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy
- Research Centre on Agro-Environment "Enrico Avanzi", University of Pisa, Via Vecchia di Marina 6, 56122, San Piero a Grado, Pisa, Italy
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Koskinen WC, Marek LJ, Hall KE. Analysis of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in water, plant materials and soil. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2016; 72:423-32. [PMID: 26454260 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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There is a need for simple, fast, efficient and sensitive methods of analysis for glyphosate and its degradate aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in diverse matrices such as water, plant materials and soil to facilitate environmental research needed to address the continuing concerns related to increasing glyphosate use. A variety of water-based solutions have been used to extract the chemicals from different matrices. Many methods require extensive sample preparation, including derivatization and clean-up, prior to analysis by a variety of detection techniques. This review summarizes methods used during the past 15 years for analysis of glyphosate and AMPA in water, plant materials and soil. The simplest methods use aqueous extraction of glyphosate and AMPA from plant materials and soil, no derivatization, solid-phase extraction (SPE) columns for clean-up, guard columns for separation and confirmation of the analytes by mass spectrometry and quantitation using isotope-labeled internal standards. They have levels of detection (LODs) below the regulatory limits in North America. These methods are discussed in more detail in the review.
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Yang X, Wang F, Bento CPM, Meng L, van Dam R, Mol H, Liu G, Ritsema CJ, Geissen V. Decay characteristics and erosion-related transport of glyphosate in Chinese loess soil under field conditions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2015; 530-531:87-95. [PMID: 26026412 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED The decay characteristics and erosion-related transport of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) were monitored for 35 d at different slope gradients and rates of application in plots with loess soil on the Loess Plateau, China. The initial glyphosate decayed rapidly (half-life of 3.5d) in the upper 2 cm of soil following a first-order rate of decay. AMPA content in the 0-2 cm soil layer correspondingly peaked 3d after glyphosate application and then gradually decreased. The residues of glyphosate and AMPA decreased significantly with soil depth (p<0.05) independently of the slope inclination and application rate. About 0.36% of the glyphosate initially applied was transported from plots after one erosive rain 2d after the application. Glyphosate and AMPA concentrations in runoff were low while the contents in the sediment were much higher than in the upper 2 cm of the soil. CAPSULE Although the rate of glyphosate decay is rapid in Chinese loess soil, the risks of glyphosate and AMPA need to be taken into account especially in the area with highly erosive rainfall.
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- Xiaomei Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100 Yangling, China; Soil Physics and Land Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100 Yangling, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, 712100 Yangling, China.
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- Soil Physics and Land Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- College of Geography and Environment, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, 712300 Baoji, Shaanxi, China
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- Institute of Food Safety (RIKILT), Wageningen University, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Food Safety (RIKILT), Wageningen University, P.O. Box 230, 6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100 Yangling, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, 712100 Yangling, China
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- Soil Physics and Land Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Soil Physics and Land Management, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Institute of Crop Science and Resources Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Struger J, Van Stempvoort DR, Brown SJ. Sources of aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in urban and rural catchments in Ontario, Canada: Glyphosate or phosphonates in wastewater? ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2015; 204:289-97. [PMID: 26187493 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Correlation analysis suggests that occurrences of AMPA in streams of southern Ontario are linked mainly to glyphosate in both urban and rural settings, rather than to wastewater sources, as some previous studies have suggested. For this analysis the artificial sweetener acesulfame was analyzed as a wastewater indicator in surface water samples collected from urban and rural settings in southern Ontario, Canada. This interpretation is supported by the concurrence of seasonal fluctuations of glyphosate and AMPA concentrations. Herbicide applications in larger urban centres and along major transportation corridors appear to be important sources of glyphosate and AMPA in surface water, in addition to uses of this herbicide in rural and mixed use areas. Fluctuations in concentrations of acesulfame and glyphosate residues were found to be related to hydrologic events.
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- J Struger
- Water Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada, Box 5050, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada.
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- Water Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada, Box 5050, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada
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- Water Science and Technology Directorate, Environment Canada, Box 5050, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada
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Zhao Y, Wendling LA, Wang C, Pei Y. Use of Fe/Al drinking water treatment residuals as amendments for enhancing the retention capacity of glyphosate in agricultural soils. J Environ Sci (China) 2015; 34:133-42. [PMID: 26257356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Revised: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Fe/Al drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs), ubiquitous and non-hazardous by-products of drinking water purification, are cost-effective adsorbents for glyphosate. Given that repeated glyphosate applications could significantly decrease glyphosate retention by soils and that the adsorbed glyphosate is potentially mobile, high sorption capacity and stability of glyphosate in agricultural soils are needed to prevent pollution of water by glyphosate. Therefore, we investigated the feasibility of reusing Fe/Al WTR as a soil amendment to enhance the retention capacity of glyphosate in two agricultural soils. The results of batch experiments showed that the Fe/Al WTR amendment significantly enhanced the glyphosate sorption capacity of both soils (p<0.001). Up to 30% of the previously adsorbed glyphosate desorbed from the non-amended soils, and the Fe/Al WTR amendment effectively decreased the proportion of glyphosate desorbed. Fractionation analyses further demonstrated that glyphosate adsorbed to non-amended soils was primarily retained in the readily labile fraction (NaHCO3-glyphosate). The WTR amendment significantly increased the relative proportion of the moderately labile fraction (HCl-glyphosate) and concomitantly reduced that of the NaHCO3-glyphosate, hence reducing the potential for the release of soil-adsorbed glyphosate into the aqueous phase. Furthermore, Fe/Al WTR amendment minimized the inhibitory effect of increasing solution pH on glyphosate sorption by soils and mitigated the effects of increasing solution ionic strength. The present results indicate that Fe/Al WTR is suitable for use as a soil amendment to prevent glyphosate pollution of aquatic ecosystems by enhancing the glyphosate retention capacity in soils.
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- Yuanyuan Zhao
- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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Peixoto MM, Bauerfeldt GF, Herbst MH, Pereira MS, da Silva CO. Study of the stepwise deprotonation reactions of glyphosate and the corresponding pKa values in aqueous solution. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:5241-9. [PMID: 25629880 DOI: 10.1021/jp5099552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) (Gph) is a herbicide that is broadly used in several countries. Its application to eliminate weeds may have the undesired effect of diminishing the metallic cations found in the soil (e.g., Ni(2+) and Zn(2+)), due to a complexation reaction that depends on the soil's pH. To better understand the molecular structures of glyphosate that are involved in such a complexation reaction, we have studied all possible glyphosate conformations in aqueous solution that may be involved in deprotonation reactions in the pH range from 2 to 11 using the polarizable continuum method (PCM). We have also compared direct (or absolute) methods to calculate pKa values, the cluster-continuum model and the proton-exchange scheme, using different thermodynamic cycles. The best result was achieved when using a proton-exchange scheme, which was able to properly reproduce three glyphosate experimental pKa values predicted for the glyphosate structures and conformations previously determined.
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- Miqueias M Peixoto
- Departamento de Química-ICE, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, km 47, Seropédica - RJ, 23897-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química-ICE, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, km 47, Seropédica - RJ, 23897-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química-ICE, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, km 47, Seropédica - RJ, 23897-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química-ICE, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, km 47, Seropédica - RJ, 23897-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química-ICE, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR465, km 47, Seropédica - RJ, 23897-000, Brazil
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Postigo C, Barceló D. Synthetic organic compounds and their transformation products in groundwater: occurrence, fate and mitigation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2015; 503-504:32-47. [PMID: 24974362 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Groundwater constitutes the main source of public drinking water supply in many regions. Thus, the contamination of groundwater resources by organic chemicals is a matter of growing concern because of its potential effects on public health. The present manuscript compiles the most recent works related to the study of synthetic organic compounds (SOCs) in groundwater, with special focus on the occurrence of contaminants not or barely covered by previously published reviews, e.g., pesticide and pharmaceutical transformation products, lifestyle products, and industrial chemicals such as corrosion inhibitors, brominated and organophosphate flame retardants, plasticizers, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Moreover, the main challenges in managed aquifer recharge, i.e., reclaimed water injection and infiltration, and riverbank filtration, regarding natural attenuation of organic micropollutants are discussed, and insights into the future chemical quality of groundwater are provided.
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- Cristina Postigo
- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, (IDAEA-CSIC), C/ Jordi Girona, 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, (IDAEA-CSIC), C/ Jordi Girona, 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Universitat de Girona, Edifici H2O, Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain
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Jayasumana C, Gunatilake S, Senanayake P. Glyphosate, hard water and nephrotoxic metals: are they the culprits behind the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2014; 11:2125-47. [PMID: 24562182 PMCID: PMC3945589 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110202125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The current chronic kidney disease epidemic, the major health issue in the rice paddy farming areas in Sri Lanka has been the subject of many scientific and political debates over the last decade. Although there is no agreement among scientists about the etiology of the disease, a majority of them has concluded that this is a toxic nephropathy. None of the hypotheses put forward so far could explain coherently the totality of clinical, biochemical, histopathological findings, and the unique geographical distribution of the disease and its appearance in the mid-1990s. A strong association between the consumption of hard water and the occurrence of this special kidney disease has been observed, but the relationship has not been explained consistently. Here, we have hypothesized the association of using glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the disease endemic area and its unique metal chelating properties. The possible role played by glyphosate-metal complexes in this epidemic has not been given any serious consideration by investigators for the last two decades. Furthermore, it may explain similar kidney disease epidemics observed in Andra Pradesh (India) and Central America. Although glyphosate alone does not cause an epidemic of chronic kidney disease, it seems to have acquired the ability to destroy the renal tissues of thousands of farmers when it forms complexes with a localized geo environmental factor (hardness) and nephrotoxic metals.
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- Channa Jayasumana
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University, Anuradhapura 50008, Sri Lanka.
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- Health Science Department, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
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