The contamination of water with pesticides used in agriculture and urban areas is a priority
issue that is currently of global concern. In 2015, the European Union (EU) published the …

Although the use of pesticides is as old as agriculture, the advent of synthetic pesticides in
the 1940s was one of the most important achievements that spawned the “Green …

Agrochemicals can adversely affect biodiversity, environment and human health, and
commonly occur in mixtures with poorly characterized toxic mechanisms and health …

Neonicotinoid insecticides (NNIs) are extensively used insecticides worldwide, yet the data
on NNIs residues in the Yangtze River, China is scarce. Occurrence and distribution of six …

Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide used to control agricultural pests around the
world. This pesticide can have adverse effects on non-target organisms, especially in …

Neonicotinoid insecticides have been widely consumed worldwide, particularly in China.
There is a growing interest in the environmental research community about the occurrence …

The total cultivated area in Brazil reached to 62 million ha in 2018, with the predominance of
genetically modified soybean and corn (36 and 17 million ha, respectively) in no-tillage …

Urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are among the major sources of contaminants
of emerging concern (CECs) release to surface water. This is mainly associated with the low …

Using agrichemicals to control unwanted species has become a necessary and common
worldwide practice to improve crop production. Although most currently used agrichemicals …

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most challenging issues in public health. Antibiotics have
been increasingly used not only for humans and animals but also for crop protection as …