Boggy Creek, Otway Ranges, Victoria
2024: 2,4,6-TCP/2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 22.1ng/L (max), 2,4-Methoxychlor 4.4ng/L (max), 2-Phenylphenol 2.9ng/L (max), Aldrin 21.3ng/L (max), Antraquinone 10.9ng/L (max), Azoxystrobin 16.7ng/L (max), Biphenyl 11.2ng/L (max), Boscalid (Nicobifen) 3ng/L (max), Carbaryl 14.3ng/L (max), Deltamethrin 3.8ng/L, Difenconazole (Total) 23.6ng/L (max), Fenhaxamid 222.4ng/L (max), Fluquinconazole 1.1ng/L (max)*, Imazalil (Enilconazole) 4.7ng/L (max), Indoxacarb 6.4ng/L (max)*, Piperonyl Butoxide 5.3ng/L (max), Simazine 11.3ng/L (max)
Passive Samplers also detected: Hexazinone, Terbacil
Estimated Quantification: Isoxadifen 16.3ng/L (max), Epoxiconazole 7.2ng/L
Source: Table 4 ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Environ. Sci., 24 February 2026
Sec. Environmental Citizen Science
Volume 14 – 2026 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1765617
Community engagement and screening of 447 pesticides in the Gellibrand River catchment, Victoria, Australia Caterina Cacciatori 1,2*
Caterina Cacciator 1,2, Jackie Myers 1, Giulio Mariani 2, Bernd-Manfred Gawlik 2, Vincent Pettigrove 1
1. Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group (AQUEST), RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
2. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
*PFAS pesticides