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01.04.2019

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The report of a European Commission study of organic contaminants manures shows ?significant? presence of veterinary pharmaceuticals (fungicides and antibiotics) in cattle urine, cattle manure, and cattle manure digestate. Nearly 490 different compounds were analysed, including also pesticides, herbicides and personal care chemicals. Of these, some sixty compounds (12%) were detected above quantification levels, with veterinary pharmaceuticals at ?significant? levels. Twelve substances were detected in the urine or unprocessed manure, and eleven in digestate, whereas over thirty were found in soils and even more in surface waters in a livestock production region. This report is based on a literature review and data from a pilot sampling survey in Slovakia. It aims to provide a methodology (?compound fishing?) for an EU-wide sampling campaign.

European Commission ?Scientists investigate effects of cattle manure on water quality?, 18 December 2018 https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/scientists-investigate-effects-cattle-manure-water-quality

?Residues of antimicrobial agents and related compounds of emerging concern in manure, water and soil Part 2 ? Final data set of a pilot campaign and outline for an EU-wide monitoring assessment?, B. Gawlik et al., JRC Technical Report, 2018, ISBN 978-92-79-96693-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.2760/280841

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