Worldwide pesticide usage and its impacts on ecosystem

A Sharma, V Kumar, B Shahzad, M Tanveer… - SN Applied …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

The use of constructed wetlands for removal of pesticides from agricultural runoff and drainage: a review

J Vymazal, T Březinová - Environment international, 2015 - Elsevier
Pesticides are used in modern agriculture to increase crop yields, but they may pose a
serious threat to aquatic ecosystems. Pesticides may enter water bodies through diffuse and …

Ecotoxicity of chlorpyrifos to aquatic organisms: A review

X Huang, H Cui, W Duan - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticides play an important role in promoting agricultural development, while their
unreasonable use has led to environmental problems. Chlorpyrifos (CPF), a typical …

Presence of pesticides in surface water from four sub-basins in Argentina

E De Gerónimo, VC Aparicio, S Bárbaro… - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Argentina has 31 million hectares given over to agriculture comprising 2.2% of the world's
total area under cultivation (Stock Exchange of Rosario, Argentina). Despite the intensity of …

Influence of rainfall and seasonal crop practices on nutrient and pesticide runoff from soybean dominated agricultural areas in Pampean streams, Argentina

VS Andrade, MF Gutierrez, L Regaldo, AR Paira… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
An increase in the spatial variability of rainfall is expected due to climate change. This
implies increasing rainfall rates during spring and summer in the Pampas region, Argentina …

Hesperidin protects against the chlorpyrifos‐induced chronic hepato‐renal toxicity in rats associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, autophagy, and up …

S Küçükler, S Çomaklı, S Özdemir… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we investigated the effects of hesperidin (HSP) on oxidants/antioxidants status,
inflammation, apoptotic, and autophagic activity in hepato‐renal toxicity induced by chronic …

Occurrence and fate of pesticides in the Argentine stretch of the Paraguay-Paraná basin

MA Etchegoyen, AE Ronco, P Almada… - Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
The Argentine stretch of the del Plata basin crosses regions devoted to extensive and
intensive agriculture mostly with chemical pest control. The utilization of pesticides in the …

Fish inhabiting rice fields: Bioaccumulation, oxidative stress and neurotoxic effects after pesticides application

AS Rossi, N Fantón, MP Michlig, MR Repetti… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to evaluate the biological effects triggered by the application of a
current-use mixture of pesticides (the herbicide glyphosate, the insecticide bifenthrin, BF …

Determination of priority pesticides in water samples combining SPE and SPME coupled to GC–MS. A case study: Suquía River basin (Argentina)

RI Bonansea, MV Amé, DA Wunderlin - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
This study reports a combined method using solid phase extraction (SPE), followed by solid
phase microextraction (SPME) to concentrate different pesticides, including chlorinated …

Pesticide chlorpyrifos acts as an endocrine disruptor in adult rats causing changes in mammary gland and hormonal balance

C Ventura, MRR Nieto, N Bourguignon… - The Journal of steroid …, 2016 - Elsevier
Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are compounds that interfere with hormone regulation and
influence mammary carcinogenesis. We have previously demonstrated that the pesticide …