Report from the Sub-comittee on the environment and health
Report from the Sub-comittee on the environment and health
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dybde interval meter under terræn<br />
0 - 10<br />
10 - 20<br />
20 - 30<br />
30 - 40<br />
40 - 50<br />
50 - 60<br />
60 - 70<br />
70 - 80<br />
80 - 90<br />
programmes, dating of groundwater with CFC <strong>and</strong> results <str<strong>on</strong>g>from</str<strong>on</strong>g> research<br />
projects that are being carried out to elucidate this.<br />
Figure 4.2<br />
Detecti<strong>on</strong>s of pesticides in % against depth in metres below ground level are shown as white bars. The<br />
youngest groundwater is presumably most often found in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interval 0-10 metres below ground level.<br />
In analyses for eight GRUMO pesticides in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> depth interval 0-10 metres below ground level,<br />
pesticides have been detected in 22% of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> screens. The detecti<strong>on</strong> percentage rises to 34% when<br />
analysing for more than eight pesticides. In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> bar chart, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> black, horiz<strong>on</strong>tal bars show <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> detecti<strong>on</strong><br />
percentage for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number of detecti<strong>on</strong>s over or equal to 0.1 microgramme per litre (GEUS).<br />
(Figure texts:<br />
fundprocent = detecti<strong>on</strong> percentage<br />
dybde interval i meter under terræn = depth in metres below ground level<br />
pesticider = pesticides<br />
dybde i meter under terræn = depth in metres below ground level<br />
udvidet analyseprogram = exp<strong>and</strong>ed analytical programme<br />
The water companies’ raw<br />
water m<strong>on</strong>itoring system<br />
0 10<br />
fundprocent<br />
20 30 40<br />
8 pesticider<br />
dybde i meter under terræn<br />
0 - 10<br />
10 - 20<br />
20 - 30<br />
30 - 40<br />
40 - 50<br />
60 - 70<br />
70 - 80<br />
80 - 90<br />
0 10<br />
fundprocent<br />
20 30 40<br />
udvidet analyseprogram<br />
In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> water companies’ raw water m<strong>on</strong>itoring system, pesticides have<br />
been detected in 17% of 4,209 wells, <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> limit value has been<br />
exceeded in 6%. These wells have mainly been analysed for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> eight<br />
GRUMO pesticides.<br />
The most frequently analysed substances are shown in table 4.3. The<br />
number of analyses does not reflect <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number of analysed wells; for<br />
example, dichlorprop has been analysed in 5,714 water samples <str<strong>on</strong>g>from</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
3,998 wells. Of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> eight GRUMO pesticides, dichlorprop, mechlorprop<br />
<strong>and</strong> atrazine have been detected most frequently, while, in percentage<br />
terms, degradati<strong>on</strong> products <str<strong>on</strong>g>from</str<strong>on</strong>g> triazines have been detected more<br />
frequently in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> water samples than, for example, atrazine. The<br />
relatively frequent occurrence of hexazin<strong>on</strong>e is surprising because this<br />
substance has <strong>on</strong>ly been detected in samples <str<strong>on</strong>g>from</str<strong>on</strong>g> groundwater<br />
m<strong>on</strong>itoring wells even though it has been used frequently in forestry. One<br />
explanati<strong>on</strong> could be that hexazin<strong>on</strong>e has been used for treating urban<br />
areas.<br />
The distributi<strong>on</strong> of finds of pesticides in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> water companies’ wells is<br />
very reminiscent of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> distributi<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> groundwater m<strong>on</strong>itoring<br />
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