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Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 The actual health risk and associated diseases induced by the presence of pesticides and other organic pollutants in most environmental media worldwide are largely underestimatedbecause current analytical methods measure only the extractable fraction of the pollutant, whereas there is now ample evidence that a large part of pollutants are trapped as ...
Mottes, Charles +9 more
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Using the soil and water assessment tool to simulate the pesticide dynamics in the data scarce Guayas River Basin, Ecuador [PDF]
, 2020 Agricultural intensification has stimulated the economy in the Guayas River basin in Ecuador, but also affected several ecosystems. The increased use of pesticides poses a serious threat to the freshwater ecosystem, which urgently calls for an improved ...
Arias-Hidalgo, Mijail +8 more
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Identifying and investigating pesticide application types to promote a more sustainable pesticide use: the case of smallholders in Boyacá, Colombia [PDF]
, 2010 The present paper investigates pesticide application types adopted by smallholder potato producers in the Department of Boyacá , Colombia. In this region, environmental, health and adverse economic effects due to pesticide mis- or over-use respectively ...
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Plants, 2023 Anastatus japonicus Ashmead is an egg parasitoid wasp important for the biological control of fruit crop pests. The olfaction of parasitoids is crucial to searching for host pests in fruit crops.
Hai-Xia Zhan +3 more
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Medicine, 2007 Over 300,000 people die each year from pesticide poisoning. Most result from self-poisoning by ingestion, rather than occupational or accidental exposures which are typically topical or inhalational. Severe pesticide poisoning is more common in the rural developing world where pesticides are widely used in smallholder agricultural practice and ...
Michael Eddleston, D. Nicholas Bateman
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Occurrence of metolachlor and trifluralin losses in the Save river agricultural catchment during floods [PDF]
, 2011 Rising pesticide levels in streams draining intensively managed agricultural land have a detrimental effect on aquatic ecosystems and render water unfit for human consumption.
Boithias, Laurie +5 more
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Dissipation of methomyl residues in tomato fruits, soil and water using LC-MS/MS
Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2019 Tomato is an economically important vegetable crop which is attacked heavily by insect pests leading to reduction of yield and quality of the fruits. Field experiments were carried out to investigate the dissipation of methomyl (a common insecticide ...
Dalia El-Hefny +3 more
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Development and application of a catchment scale pesticide fate and transport model for use in drinking water risk assessment [PDF]
, 2016 This paper describes the development and application of IMPT (Integrated Model for Pesticide Transport), a parameter-efficient tool for predicting diffuse-source pesticide concentrations in surface waters used for drinking water supply.
Eyre, I. P. +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Soil salinization substantially hampers the growth and development of wheat, potentially leading to plant death in severe cases, thus reducing grain yield and quality. This phenomenon poses a significant threat to food security in China.
Aohui Han +7 more
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