Love Creek, Otway Ranges
2024: 2,4,6-TCP/2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 8.5ng/L (max), 2-Phenylphenol 1.9ng/L (max), Azoxystrobin 8.9ng/L (max), Biphenyl 15.6ng/L (max), Boscalid (Nicobifen) 1.3ng/L (max), Carbaryl 41.3ng/L (max), Deltamethrin 1.7ng/L, Difenconazole (Total) 13.4ng/L (max), Diphenylamine 72.6ng/L (max), Endrin Aldehyde 21.3ng/L (max), Fenhaxamid 101ng/L (max), Imazalil (Enilconazole) 3.1ng/L (max), Indoxacarb 2.7ng/L (max)*, Mefonoxam 1.3ng/L (max), Penconazole 3.8ng/L (max), Piperonyl Butoxide 28.2ng/L (max), Propiconazole Total 36.2ng/L (max), Simazine 80.4ng/L (max), Tebuconazole 4.3ng/L (max), Terbacil 9.4ng/L (max)
Passive Samplers also detected: Atrazine desisopropyl, Hexazinone
Estimated Quantification: Isoxadifen 7.3ng/L (max)
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 pesticide