Abstract:
The environmental pollution problems resulted from organic
compounds (e.g. pesticides, fertilizers) and their residues in food have
become important research topics, since healthy food is urgently need, along
with improved living standards. Thus, more attention is now being paid to
‘green’ food and organic food. Also, the environmental components soil and
ground water are directly exposed to uses of organic compounds in orchards
and not only. This paper presents a case study from Vaslui County, Romania
where apples orchards are situated. Due to the mild climate and sufficient
rainfall, substances are quickly transferred and transformed in this region.
Thus, the quality of environmental components soil and groundwater could
be highly influenced by the uses of organic compounds. The purpose of this
paper was to analyze soil and ground water samples from orchards area and
observe if the organic compounds can influence the environmental
components, directly exposed to uses of chemicals. The results showed that
there is a high impact on ground water and the quality of this environmental
component could be influenced by organic compounds uses, while the impact
induced on soil is classified being at a medium/low level. The impact induced
on ground water could be an effect of synergic and cumulative pollution and
has to be controlled by pollution prevention measures.
