Pesticides have a pervasive presence in aquatic ecosystems throughout the world. While
pesticides are intended to control fungi, insects, and other pests, their mechanisms of action …

One of the major threats to freshwater biodiversity is water pollution including excessive
loads of nutrients, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and/or emerging contaminants. The …

We quantified pesticide contamination and its ecological impact up-and downstream of
seven wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in rural and suburban areas of central …

Considerable amounts of pharmaceuticals are used in human and veterinary medicine,
which are not efficiently removed during wastewater and slurries treatment and …

Pesticides are of great concern because of their existence in ecosystems at trace
concentrations. Worldwide pesticide use and its ecological impacts (ie, altered …

About 45% of the world's fruit and vegetables are wasted, resulting in postharvest losses
and contributing to economic losses ranging from 10billionto 100 billion worldwide. Soft rot …

Large amounts of fungicides are applied globally and partly enter freshwater ecosystems. A
few laboratory studies examined their effects on decomposer communities and the …

Freshwater fungi are a diverse group of organisms and fulfill important functions in the food
web dynamics of surface water ecosystems. Ascomycetic and basidiomycetic hyphomycetes …

The level of protection provided by the present environmental risk assessment (ERA) of
fungicides in the European Union for fungi is unknown. Therefore, we assessed the …

Pesticides negatively affect biodiversity and ecosystem function in aquatic environments. In
the present study, we investigated the effects of pesticides on stream macroinvertebrates at …