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Figure 1 shows that in 15% to 26% of all surface water monitoring sites, one or more pesticides were detected above effect threshold each year between 2013 and 2020. Exceedances of one or more pesticides were detected at between 4% and 10% of groundwater monitoring sites.
Pesticides most often causing exceedance in surface waters are the insecticide imidacloprid, and the herbicides MCPA, metolachlor and metazachlor, all of which were approved for use in plant protection products during the monitoring period, though some are no longer approved. In groundwater, the herbicide atrazine and its metabolites cause most exceedances. Atrazine was not approved for use in plant protection products during the monitoring period. Despite restrictions on atrazine since 2007, it continues to be found in groundwater because it is very persistent.
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"Figure 1 shows that in 15% to 26% of all surface water monitoring sites, one or more pesticides were detected above effect threshold each year between 2013 and 2020."
To avoid some misunderstanding/confusion, that sentence could be modified as "Figure 1 shows that, each year between 2013 and 2020, one or more pesticides are detected above effect threshold in 15% to 26% of surface water monitoring sites."