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A pesticide banned in the European Union over a decade ago is still present in raptors in Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2020

Ignacy Kitowski ,
Rafał Łopucki Open the ORCID record for Rafał Łopucki [Opens in a new window] ,
Anna Stachniuk  and
Emilia Fornal
Ignacy Kitowski
Affiliation:
State School of Higher Education in Chełm, Pocztowa 54, 22-100Chełm, Poland
Rafał Łopucki*
Affiliation:
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Konstantynów 1J, 20-708Lublin, Poland
Anna Stachniuk
Affiliation:
Medical University of Lublin, Department of Pathophysiology, Jaczewskiego 8b, Lublin20-090, Poland
Emilia Fornal
Affiliation:
Medical University of Lublin, Department of Pathophysiology, Jaczewskiego 8b, Lublin20-090, Poland
*
Address for correspondence: Rafał Łopucki, Email: lopucki@kul.pl
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Summary

The prevalent pesticide carbofuran was banned in the European Union (EU) in 2008; however, the extent of its actual elimination from the environment has been little studied. The presence of this pesticide in the livers of the protected raptors the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and the common buzzard (Buteo buteo) was monitored in Poland from 2008 to 2019 using liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis and data from government institutions. Carbofuran residues were detected in the liver samples of the analysed raptors throughout the period studied. In total, carbofuran was detected in the livers of 33% of the eagles and 54% of the buzzards; concentrations were in the ranges of 11–699 and 14–1890 μg kg–1 of dry matter, respectively. Effective measures to eliminate banned pesticides from the market more efficiently are required.

Keywords

carbamate pesticidecommon buzzardenvironmental lawLC-MS/MS analysispesticide banswhite-tailed eagle
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 310 - 314
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Foundation for Environmental Conservation

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