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Emissions of pesticide active substances in the European Union

Collection: WPI : Water Pressure Indicators 

Description

Dataset containing estimated emissions of 152 active substances at NUTS2 spatial level. It contains estimates for active substances belonging to one of the main groups: Fungicides and Bactericides, Herbicides, Insecticides and Acaricides, Plant growth regulators, Molluscicides, Other plant protection products.

The estimation has been carried out independently for each active substance on the basis of data provided by 8 EU Member States on sales of active ingredients. The spatial resolution and extent of the analysis corresponded at the regional level NUTS3 for Europe. The estimates have been developed for application in assessing the risk of toxicity in European waters caused by the application of pesticides in the agricultural sector and to answer a wide-range of policy questions, including policies related to best riparian basin and agricultural management practices.

The dataset include the prediction of active ingredient use (kilograms) per region, the common name, the CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service Council number identifier), the CIPAC (Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council number identifier), the ID_EUPDB (identifier in the European Union Database of pesticides) and the Chemical Class for each active substance.

Contact

Email
EU-HUB-WATER-AGRICULTURE (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

Udias Moinelo, Angel; Pistocchi, Alberto; Dorati, Chiara; Galimberti, Francesco (2022): Emissions of pesticide active substances in the European Union. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/bf95e015-e041-4882-81fa-f2b283786d5c PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/bf95e015-e041-4882-81fa-f2b283786d5c

Keywords

Active substance Ecological status Pesticide emissions pollution toxicity

Data access

Emissions of pesticide active substances in the European Union - CSV Distribution
Use conditions
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  • The dataset include the prediction of active ingredient use (kilograms) per region, the common name, the CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service Council number identifier), the CIPAC (Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council number identifier), the ID_EUPDB (identifier in the European Union Database of pesticides) and the Chemical Class for each active substance

Publications

Publication
Estimating pesticide use across the EU. European Union: JRC Conference and Workshop Reports
Galimberti, F., Dorati, C., Udias, A., Pistocchi, A. Estimating pesticide use across the EU. European Union: JRC Conference and Workshop Reports. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020. ISBN: 978-92-76-13098-7
Publication page 
Publication
Emissions of pesticides in the European Union: a new regional-level dataset
Udias, A., Galimberti, F., Dorati, C. et al. Emissions of pesticides in the European Union: a new regional-level dataset. Sci Data 10, 869 (2023).
DOI
10.1038/s41597-023-02753-4

Geographic areas

European Union

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML 
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GML 
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WKT 
POLYGON ((-11 71.2, 51 71.2, 51 32.6, -11 32.6, -11 71.2))

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2017-01-01 2017-01-01

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2022-11-18
Modified date
2024-08-12
Issued date
2022-11-18
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Health
Update frequency
irregular
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/bf95e015-e041-4882-81fa-f2b283786d5c
Popularity