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A comprehensive review on the pretreatment and detection methods of neonicotinoid insecticides in food and environmental samples

Food Chemistry: X, 2022
In recent years, the residues of neonicotinoid insecticide in food and environmental samples have attracted extensive attention. Neonicotinoids have many adverse effects on human health, such as cancer, chronic disease, birth defects, and infertility ...
Yudan Wang, Yanwei Fu, Yunyun Wang, Qian Lu, Haonan Ruan, Jiaoyang Luo, Meihua Yang   +6 more
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Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies? [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
There has been widespread concern that neonicotinoid pesticides may be adversely impacting wild and managed bees for some years, but recently attention has shifted to examining broader effects they may be having on biodiversity.
Andre S. Gilburn, Nils Bunnefeld, John McVean Wilson, Marc S. Botham, Tom M. Brereton, Richard Fox, Dave Goulson   +6 more
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Self-Assembled MoS₂/ssDNA Nanostructures for the Capacitive Aptasensing of Acetamiprid Insecticide

Applied Sciences, 2021
The aim of this work is to detect acetamiprid using electrochemical capacitance spectroscopy, which is widely used as a pesticide in agriculture and is harmful to humans.
Maroua Hamami, Noureddine Raouafi, Hafsa Korri-Youssoufi   +2 more
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Negative Effects of the Neonicotinoid Clothianidin on Foraging Behavior and Antennal Sensitivity in Two Common Pollinator Species, Osmia bicornis and Bombus terrestris

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Insect species richness and abundance has declined rapidly over the last few decades. Various stressors, such as the conversion of natural habitats, climate change, land-use intensification, agrochemicals and pathogens, are thought to be major factors in
Florian Straub, Ihotu Joy Orih, Judith Kimmich, Manfred Ayasse   +3 more
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Potential impact of neonicotinoid use on Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in Texas: A historical analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2018
The widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides in recent years has led to increasing environmental concern, including impacts to avian populations. In Texas and across their range, Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) habitat frequently overlaps ...
Hannah M H Ertl, Miguel A Mora, Donald J Brightsmith, Jorge A Navarro-Alberto   +3 more
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Treatment of Four Stored-Grain Pests with Thiamethoxam plus Chlorantraniliprole: Enhanced Impact on Different Types of Grain Commodities and Surfaces

Insects, 2023
An insecticide containing the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam + the diamide chlorantraniliprole was evaluated against adults of Rhyzopertha dominica, Tribolium castaneum, Trogoderma granarium, and Sitophilus oryzae under laboratory bioassays both on freshly ...
Waqas Wakil, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Nikoleta Eleftheriadou, Muhammad Sami Ullah, Aqsa Naeem, Khawaja G. Rasool, Mureed Husain, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood   +7 more
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Contamination by neonicotinoid insecticides and their metabolites in Sri Lankan black tea leaves and Japanese green tea leaves

Toxicology Reports, 2018
Tea is one of the world’s most popular beverages due to health promoting effects. Despite these, there have been concerns about the adverse effects of tea contamination by neonicotinoid insecticides.
Yoshinori Ikenaka, Kazutoshi Fujioka, Tomonori Kawakami, Takahiro Ichise, Nesta Bortey-Sam, Shouta M.M. Nakayama, Hazuki Mizukawa, Kumiko Taira, Keisuke Takahashi, Keisuke Kato, Koji Arizono, Mayumi Ishizuka   +11 more
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Regulatory Evolution of Neonicotinoid Insecticides as Plant Protection Active Substances in Europe

Agrochemicals, 2023
Neonicotinoid (NN) insecticides derived from natural insecticide nicotine are EU chemical crop protection systemic active substances that are controversial regarding their toxicity and ecotoxicity, especially versus pollinators and birds.
Patrice A. Marchand
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No evidence for neonicotinoid preferences in the bumblebee Bombus impatiens [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2020
Neonicotinoid pesticides can have a multitude of negative sublethal effects on bees. Understanding their impact on wild populations requires accurately estimating the dosages bees encounter under natural conditions. This is complicated by the possibility
Felicity Muth, Rebekah L. Gaxiola, Anne S. Leonard   +2 more
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Advances in the Application of Biosensors for the Detection of Neonicotinoid Pesticide Residues [PDF]

Shipin Kexue
Excessive residues of neonicotinoid insecticides in food and environmental samples pose a serious threat to human health. Therefore, it is urgent to improve the detection capacity of neonicotinoid pesticide residues. Various biosensor-based platforms are
LI Yao, TU Jiyuan, LUO Kexin, LIAO Tangbin, SUN Zhongyue
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