Increasing chemical pollution of aquatic environments is a growing concern with global
relevance. A large number of organic chemicals are termed as “micropollutants” due to their …

Exposure to environmental organic pollutants has triggered significant ecological impacts
and adverse health outcomes, which have been received substantial and increasing …

Owing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the
most vulnerable to biodiversity loss. Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment …

Urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are among the main anthropogenic sources for
the release of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) into the environment, which can …

Climate and land-use change drive a suite of stressors that shape ecosystems and interact
to yield complex ecological responses (that is, additive, antagonistic and synergistic effects) …

Aquatic ecosystems are the ultimate sinks for the contaminants. Water contamination is the
outcome of human activities such as urbanization, industrialization, and agricultural …

Neonicotinoids, broad-spectrum systemic insecticides, are the fastest growing class of
insecticides worldwide and are now registered for use on hundreds of field crops in over 120 …

Though concerns about the proliferation of synthetic chemicals–including pesticides–gave
rise to the modern environmental movement in the early 1960s, synthetic chemical pollution …

Pesticides are important inputs for enhancing crop productivity and preventing major
biological disasters. However, more than 90% of pesticides run off into the environment and …

Compared with nutrient levels and habitat degradation, the importance of agricultural
pesticides in surface water may have been underestimated due to a lack of comprehensive …