Service Description: The Agri-Environmental Indicator Risk of Water Contamination by Pesticides dataset provides estimated annual mass of pesticide transported to water, the annual pesticide concentration in water, and classes of risk based on above two variables. The indicator is estimated at the Soil Landscape of Canada scale.
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Description: The Pesticides Indicator (official name: Indicator of the Risk of Water Contamination by Pesticides) evaluates the relative risk of water contamination by pesticides across agricultural areas in Canada. It can be used to assess pesticide inputs to cropland and the amount of pesticide transported to surface and ground water. This indicator has tracked pesticide risk associated with Canadian agricultural activities from 1981 to 2021. Pesticides protect crops from economic damage, yield loss and quality reduction caused by weeds (herbicide), insects (insecticide, acaracide) and diseases (fungicide, bactericide).
Pesticides may move from cropland to the broader environment, affecting drinking water, land and aquatic wildlife.
The Indicator of the Risk of Water Contamination by Pesticides estimates the risk of farmland pesticides reaching water bodies and tracks how this risk has changed over time and space.
Overall, the risk of water contamination by pesticides on Canada’s farmland has increased over time.
Risk is highest in areas where a large percentage of cropland area is treated with pesticides, and where surface runoff from rain and snowmelt is higher due to a relatively moist climate.
Producers can reduce the risk of water contamination by pesticides by adopting Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) that reduce runoff or soil erosion, and adopting integrated pest management.
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