Pesticides: The Danish Pesticide Leaching Assessment Programme
In 1998, the Danish Government initiated the Pesticide Leaching
Assessment Programme (PLAP), an intensive monitoring programme
aimed at evaluating the leaching risk of pesticides under field
conditions. The objective of the PLAP is to improve the
scientific foundation for decision making in the assessment of
pesticides for registration in Denmark. The specific aim is to
analyse whether pesticides applied in accordance with current
regulations leach to the groundwater at levels exceeding the
maximum allowable concentration of 0.1 µg/l. The programme was
designed and the six test sites were established in Denmark
during 1999. The work is being carried out by the Geological
Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), the Danish Institute of
Agricultural Sciences (DIAS) and the National Environmental
Research Institute (NERI). The six test sites and the monitoring
equipment installed are described in the report: “The Danish
Pesticide Leaching Assessment P