Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever …

Agrochemicals have enabled to more than duplicate food production during the last century,
and the current need to increase food production to feed a rapid growing human population …

Extensive and improper utilization of water from industrial, municipal, and agricultural
activities generate 380 trillion L/y of wastewater worldwide. Wastewaters from different …

The application of pesticides reduces the loss of crops while simultaneously increasing crop
productivity. However, the frequent use of pesticides can cause serious environmental …

Fungicides are indispensable to global food security and their use is forecasted to intensify.
Fungicides can reach aquatic ecosystems and occur in surface water bodies in agricultural …

Increasing global reliance on stormwater control measures to reduce discharge to surface
water, increase groundwater recharge, and minimize contaminant delivery to receiving …

Few studies have examined the exposure of small streams (< 30 km 2 catchment size) to
agriculturally used pesticides, compared to large rivers. A total of 105 sites in 103 small …

The present study aimed to assess the ecological risk of 30 current-use agricultural
pesticides and biocides in the soil, sediments and aquatic organisms of a mixed land-use …

Awareness about the rising detection and reported (eco) toxicological effects of
contaminants of emerging concern (CECs, eg pharmaceuticals and personal care products …

A pesticide prioritization approach was developed and implemented in the Pinios River
Basin of Central Greece. It takes under consideration the Level of Environmental Risk …