Advancing exposure assessment approaches to improve wildlife risk assessment

C Morrissey, C Fritsch, K Fremlin… - Integrated …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
The exposure assessment component of a Wildlife Ecological Risk Assessment aims to
estimate the magnitude, frequency, and duration of exposure to a chemical or environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-interacting natural and anthropogenic stressors on freshwater ecosystems: Their current status and future prospects for 21st century

D Bănăduc, A Curtean-Bănăduc, S Barinova… - Water, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The inheritance of historic human-induced disruption and the fierceness of its impact change
aquatic ecosystems. This work reviews some of the main stressors on freshwater …

Neonicotinoid insecticides in global agricultural surface waters–exposure, risks and regulatory challenges

S Stehle, V Ovcharova, J Wolfram, S Bub… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides worldwide. However, the widespread
usage of neonicotinoids has sparked concerns over their effects on non-target ecosystems …

Anthropogenic chemicals as underestimated drivers of biodiversity loss: scientific and societal implications

K Groh, C Vom Berg, K Schirmer… - Environmental Science & …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Talking about climate change, people tend to be concerned about environmental effects,
including accelerated loss of biodiversity, while threats to health and wellbeing of our own …

Ecological consequences of neonicotinoid mixtures in streams

TS Schmidt, JL Miller, BJ Mahler, PC Van Metre… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Neonicotinoid mixtures are common in streams worldwide, but corresponding ecological
responses are poorly understood. We combined experimental and observational studies to …

Pervasive exposure of wild small mammals to legacy and currently used pesticide mixtures in arable landscapes

C Fritsch, B Appenzeller, L Burkart, M Coeurdassier… - Scientific Reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge gaps regarding the potential role of pesticides in the loss of agricultural
biodiversity worldwide and mixture-related issues hamper proper risk assessment of …

[HTML][HTML] Bumblebees are resilient to neonicotinoid-fungicide combinations

A Schuhmann, J Schulte, H Feldhaar… - Environment International, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Bumblebees are among the most important wild bees for pollination of crops and securing
wildflower diversity. However, their abundance and diversity have been on a steady …

Removal, transformation and ecological risk assessment of pesticide in rural wastewater by field-scale horizontal flow constructed wetlands of treated effluent

W Ruan, Y Peng, R Liao, Y Man, Y Tai, NFY Tam… - Water Research, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are widely used in sewage treatment in rural areas, but there
are only a few studies on field-scale CWs in treating wastewater-borne pesticides. In this …

Chemical mixtures and multiple stressors: Same but different?

RB Schäfer, M Jackson… - Environmental …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecosystems are strongly influenced by multiple anthropogenic stressors, including a wide
range of chemicals and their mixtures. Studies on the effects of multiple stressors have …

Three reasons why the Water Framework Directive (WFD) fails to identify pesticide risks

O Weisner, J Arle, L Liebmann, M Link, RB Schäfer… - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) demands that good status is to be achieved
for all European water bodies. While governmental monitoring under the WFD mostly …