Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters

Abstract Quantifying synergistic environmental effects in water contamination is still an open issue. Here, we have analyzed geolocalized data of pollutants recorded in 2018 in surface and groundwater of Lombardy, one of the areas with the highest agricultural production rates, not only in Italy, bu...

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Autores principales:	Caterina A. M. La Porta, Maria Rita Fumagalli, Stefano Gomarasca, Maria Chiara Lionetti, Stefano Zapperi, Stefano Bocchi
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:871003d75d1c454390c1a7e267e6c0bd2021-12-02T18:33:57ZSynergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters10.1038/s41598-021-93321-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/871003d75d1c454390c1a7e267e6c0bd2021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93321-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Quantifying synergistic environmental effects in water contamination is still an open issue. Here, we have analyzed geolocalized data of pollutants recorded in 2018 in surface and groundwater of Lombardy, one of the areas with the highest agricultural production rates, not only in Italy, but also in Europe. Both herbicides and insecticides are present at concentration levels above the legal limit, mainly in surface waters. Geolocalized analysis allows us to identify interesting areas particularly affected by a combination of multiple pesticides. We thus investigated possible synergistic effects of these compounds on the environment, using the alga C. reinhardtii as a biosensor. Our results show that exposure for 7 days to four compounds, that we found present together at high concentration in surface waters, was able to induce a stress in the algae, as indicated by the presence of palmelloids. Our work results in a pipeline that could easily be exported to monitor other territories in Italy and abroad.Caterina A. M. La PortaMaria Rita FumagalliStefano GomarascaMaria Chiara LionettiStefano ZapperiStefano BocchiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Caterina A. M. La Porta Maria Rita Fumagalli Stefano Gomarasca Maria Chiara Lionetti Stefano Zapperi Stefano Bocchi Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters
description	Abstract Quantifying synergistic environmental effects in water contamination is still an open issue. Here, we have analyzed geolocalized data of pollutants recorded in 2018 in surface and groundwater of Lombardy, one of the areas with the highest agricultural production rates, not only in Italy, but also in Europe. Both herbicides and insecticides are present at concentration levels above the legal limit, mainly in surface waters. Geolocalized analysis allows us to identify interesting areas particularly affected by a combination of multiple pesticides. We thus investigated possible synergistic effects of these compounds on the environment, using the alga C. reinhardtii as a biosensor. Our results show that exposure for 7 days to four compounds, that we found present together at high concentration in surface waters, was able to induce a stress in the algae, as indicated by the presence of palmelloids. Our work results in a pipeline that could easily be exported to monitor other territories in Italy and abroad.
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author	Caterina A. M. La Porta Maria Rita Fumagalli Stefano Gomarasca Maria Chiara Lionetti Stefano Zapperi Stefano Bocchi
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title	Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters
title_short	Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters
title_full	Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters
title_fullStr	Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters
title_full_unstemmed	Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters
title_sort	synergistic effects of contaminants in lombardy waters
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
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Synergistic effects of contaminants in Lombardy waters

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