Since their discovery in the late 1980s, neonicotinoid pesticides have become the most
widely used class of insecticides worldwide, with large-scale applications ranging from plant …

Systemic insecticides are applied to plants using a wide variety of methods, ranging from
foliar sprays to seed treatments and soil drenches. Neonicotinoids and fipronil are among …

Growing evidence for global pollinator decline is causing concern for biodiversity
conservation and ecosystem services maintenance. Neonicotinoid pesticides have been …

The Earth's entomofauna seems in an ongoing state of collapse. Insect decline could pose a
global risk to key insect-mediated ecosystem functions and services such as soil and …

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide, but patterns of their
use in the US are poorly documented, constraining attempts to understand their role in pest …

This study estimates the risks of agricultural pesticides on non-target organisms and the
environment by combining detailed pesticide application data for 2015 with the Danish risk …

The widespread use of systemic neonicotinoid insecticides in agriculture results first in
contamination of the soil of the treated crops, and secondly in the transfer of residues to the …

The side effects of the current global use of pesticides on wildlife, particularly at higher levels
of biological organization: populations, communities and ecosystems, are poorly understood …

Over the past decades, both wild and domesticated insect pollinators are in dramatic
decline, which puts at stake the existence of species, ecosystem resilience and global food …

We present a synthetic review and expert consultation that assesses the actual risks posed
by arthropod pests in four major crops, identifies targets for integrated pest management …