Pilar Fernández Ramón
437791
pilar.fernandez@idaea.csic.es
http://www.cid.csic.es/homes/pilarf/
ORCID:
0000-0002-4535-5214
Research group: Geochemistry and Pollution
Trained in environmental chemistry at pre-doc and post-doc levels, my research activity has been focused on the study of organic pollutants in the environment, involving their analysis in almost all compartments, namely water, air, sediments, soils, atmospheric deposition and organisms, including humans. These studies covered the analysis of these compounds in remote areas (high altitude mountain regions), but also in local sites under the impact of industrial and urban pollution sources. Current research activities under development are: (i) Fate and transport mechanisms of persistent organic pollutants to remote areas, (ii) potential toxic effects of diffusive pollution, and (iii) study of the submicron organic matter in urban and rural aerosols and their effects on human health. I have supervised 9 PhD theses, and actively participated in Post-graduate courses in different universities from Spain and South America
LIFE RESQUE ALPYR
Restoration of aquatic ecosystems of protected areas from the Alps and Pyrenees
LIFE RESQUE ALPYR aims at recovering mountain aquatic habitats improving conservation of several target habitats/species in four Nature 2000 sites from the alpine biogeographical regions of the Pyrenees (NE Spain) and the Alps (NW Italy).
In the Alps and the Pyrenees, specific aquatic and water-related species and habitats (lakes, bogs, mires and meadows) of mountain areas have an ‘unfavourable/inadequate’ conservation status or a decreasing status trend. This is because they have been subjected to long-standing and significant anthropogenic alterations, such as the proliferation of invasive fish species, overgrazing and trampling by livestock. More recently, mires afforestation and land abandonment have emerged as additional conservation issues in mountain areas.
LIFE programme (LIFE20 NAT/ES/000369)
Coordinator: Ventura Oller, Marc (CEAB-CSIC)
Start Date: 01/01/2022 – End Date: 31/12/2026
Researchers: Joan Grimalt Obrador , Raimon Martínez Prats , Pilar Fernández Ramón , Barend L. van Drooge
Funding: European Project
Integrated study of the exposure to glyphosate and its metabolite in a region with high agricultural activity in the province of Córdoba (Argentina)
Environmental and occupational risk analysis
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in agriculture worldwide. Numerous studies have revealed the presence of glyphosate and its main metabolite, AMPA, in air, surface waters and soils, especially in agricultural areas, as well as in processed foods and human urine samples, in increasing concentrations during the last years. All of this has raised great concern about exposure to glyphosate and its effects, especially after its classification as a probable human carcinogen. The economic importance of the agricultural sector and the possible risk to the health of the ecosystems and the exposed population make it necessary to study the presence of these substances in the different environmental compartments, which will provide new data to carry out environmental risk assessments, establish maximum acceptable intake levels and promote sustainable agricultural models. The present project proposes the study of the presence of glyphosate and AMPA in samples of irrigation water, agricultural soils, drinking water, and human samples in a region of Córdoba (Argentina) with important agricultural activity. From the data obtained, an analysis of the associated risk will be carried out, both at the level of occupational exposure and of the general population.