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Long-term relationships among pesticide applications, mobility, and soil erosion in a vineyard watershed

Pierre Sabatier, Jérôme Poulenard, Bernard Fanget, Jean-Louis Reyss, Anne-Lise Develle, Bruno Wilhelm, Estelle Ployon, Cécile Pignol, Emmanuel Naffrechoux, Jean-Marcel Dorioz, Bernard Montuelle, and Fabien Arnaud
PNAS November 4, 2014 111 (44) 15647-15652; first published October 13, 2014; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1411512111
Pierre Sabatier
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
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  • For correspondence: pierre.sabatier@univ-savoie.fr
Jérôme Poulenard
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
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Bernard Fanget
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
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Jean-Louis Reyss
bLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique–CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;
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Anne-Lise Develle
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
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Bruno Wilhelm
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
cInstitute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland;
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Estelle Ployon
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
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Cécile Pignol
aEnvironnement, Dynamique et Territoires de Montagne, Université de Savoie, CNRS, 73373 Le Bourget du Lac, France;
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Emmanuel Naffrechoux
dLaboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Environnement, Université de Savoie, 73376 Le Bourget du Lac, France; and
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Jean-Marcel Dorioz
eCentre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques des Ecosystème Limniques, Université de Savoie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 74203 Thonon-les-Bains, France
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Bernard Montuelle
eCentre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques des Ecosystème Limniques, Université de Savoie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 74203 Thonon-les-Bains, France
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Fabien Arnaud
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  1. Edited by Jules M. Blais, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, and accepted by the Editorial Board September 15, 2014 (received for review June 19, 2014)

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A record of lake sediment spanning approximately 100 years allowed us to reconstruct the long-term succession of herbicide, fungicide, and insecticide treatments in a vineyard catchment in France. This record of pesticide deposition is consistent with the historical onset and banning of these chemical substances by French and European environmental agencies. We also present evidence of the effects of postemergence herbicides, such as glyphosate, on soil erosion and evidence of the release of banned remnant pesticides, such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), that are stored in vineyard soil back into the environment. These results indicate that the sink–source dynamics of pesticides, which are crucial in ecotoxicological risk assessment, should take into account the effects of a changing environment on pesticide storage.

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Agricultural pesticide use has increased worldwide during the last several decades, but the long-term fate, storage, and transfer dynamics of pesticides in a changing environment are poorly understood. Many pesticides have been progressively banned, but in numerous cases, these molecules are stable and may persist in soils, sediments, and ice. Many studies have addressed the question of their possible remobilization as a result of global change. In this article, we present a retro-observation approach based on lake sediment records to monitor micropollutants and to evaluate the long-term succession and diffuse transfer of herbicides, fungicides, and insecticide treatments in a vineyard catchment in France. The sediment allows for a reliable reconstruction of past pesticide use through time, validated by the historical introduction, use, and banning of these organic and inorganic pesticides in local vineyards. Our results also revealed how changes in these practices affect storage conditions and, consequently, the pesticides' transfer dynamics. For example, the use of postemergence herbicides (glyphosate), which induce an increase in soil erosion, led to a release of a banned remnant pesticide (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT), which had been previously stored in vineyard soil, back into the environment. Management strategies of ecotoxicological risk would be well served by recognition of the diversity of compounds stored in various environmental sinks, such as agriculture soil, and their capability to become sources when environmental conditions change.

  • pesticides
  • glyphosate
  • DDT
  • lake sediment
  • soil erosion

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: pierre.sabatier{at}univ-savoie.fr.
  • Author contributions: P.S., J.P., B.F., and F.A. designed research; P.S., J.P., B.F., J.-L.R., A.-L.D., B.W., E.P., and C.P. performed research; P.S., B.F., C.P., J.-M.D., and F.A. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; P.S., J.P., B.F., J.-L.R., and A.-L.D. analyzed data; and P.S., J.P., E.N., J.-M.D., and B.M. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. J.M.B. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.

  • The data reported in this paper are deposited on PANGEA (dx.doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836160).

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1411512111/-/DCSupplemental.

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Long-term pesticide applications and soil erosion
Pierre Sabatier, Jérôme Poulenard, Bernard Fanget, Jean-Louis Reyss, Anne-Lise Develle, Bruno Wilhelm, Estelle Ployon, Cécile Pignol, Emmanuel Naffrechoux, Jean-Marcel Dorioz, Bernard Montuelle, Fabien Arnaud
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