{"id":9326,"date":"2021-12-15T07:51:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturachevale.it\/?p=9326"},"modified":"2021-12-15T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:19:16","slug":"the-new-eeas-indicator-to-track-pesticides-in-european-waters-now-available-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturachevale.it\/en\/news\/the-new-eeas-indicator-to-track-pesticides-in-european-waters-now-available-online\/","title":{"rendered":"The new EEA\u2019s indicator to track pesticides in European waters now available online"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Environment Agency<\/a> recently released a new indicator<\/strong> that detects traces of pesticides in rivers, lakes and groundwater<\/strong> in Europe. The data was collected from EEA member countries and is limited to pesticides whose threshold levels have been exceeded in Europe.<\/p>\n

The new indicator shows that the levels of pesticides that exceed the European surface water thresholds were detected in a quarter of the monitoring sites in 2019. This share increased from 13% to 30% from 2013 to 2019. On the contrary, regarding groundwaters, the share is considerably lower, i.e., between 3% and 7%.<\/p>\n

The European Union regulates the use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment with rules that are authorized following a complete scientific risk assessment. Nonetheless, surface waters and groundwater can still be subject to contamination, causing damage to flora and fauna.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the EEA indicates that despite the positive advances, the minimum target set by the EU has not yet been achieved<\/strong>, but 47% of the water bodies monitored in 2016 were in good chemical condition, with quantities of pollutants not exceeding EU standards.<\/p>\n

For the full article New indicator on pesticides in European waters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Environment Agency recently released a new indicator that detects traces of pesticides in rivers, lakes and groundwater in Europe. The data was collected from EEA member countries and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-9326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-acqua-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t