Thousands of anthropogenic chemicals are present in the environment, and mounting
evidence indicates that some have endocrine-disrupting effects in a variety of organisms. Of …

A broad spectrum of organic chemicals is essential to modern society. Once discharged from
industrial, domestic and urban sources into the urban wastewater collection system they …

Developments in soil ecotoxicology started with observations on pesticide effects on soil
invertebrates in the 1960s. To support the risk assessment of chemicals, in the 1980s and …

The occurrence and distribution of six selected estrogen compounds were investigated in
samples of surface water, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and sediment in the Yangtze …

In recent years, emerging contaminants (eg pesticides and their metabolites,
pharmaceuticals, personal and house care products, life-style compounds, food additives …

National and international governments are in the process of establishing testing programs
and strategies to assess the safety of currently used chemicals with regard to their potential …

The growing interest in the application of proteomic technologies to solve toxicology issues
and its relevance in ecotoxicology research has resulted in the emergence of …

Isopods play an important role in the decomposition of leaf litter and therefore are making a
significant contribution to nutrient cycling and soil ecosystem services. As a consequence …

Imidacloprid (IMI) is an insecticide that interferes with the transmission of stimuli in the
nervous system of insects. It is neurotoxic by mimicking nicotine through its binding to the …

The terrestrial environment is one of the main recipients of plastic waste. However, limited
research has been performed on soil contamination by plastics and even less assessing the …