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Acta Neuropathologica, 2019 Pesticides are unique environmental contaminants that are specifically introduced into the environment to control pests, often by killing them. Although pesticide application serves many important purposes, including protection against crop loss and against vector-borne diseases, there are significant concerns over the potential toxic effects of ...
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Over the years, synthetic pesticides like herbicides, algicides, miticides, bactericides, fumigants, termiticides, repellents, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, and pheromones have been used to improve crop yield.
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Toxics, 2021 Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health and agricultural production.
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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2022 Pesticides are important chemicals or biological agents that deter or kill pests. The use of pesticides has continued to increase as it is still considered the most effective method to reduce pests and increase crop growth. However, pesticides have other
Rasheed O. Sule, Liam Condon, A. Gomes
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Use of Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture as an Alternative to Synthetic Pesticides
Agriculture, 2022 Pest management is being confronted with immense economic and environmental issues worldwide because of massive utilization and over-reliance on pesticides.
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Pesticides in Drinking Water—A Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 The ubiquitous problem of pesticide in aquatic environment are receiving worldwide concern as pesticide tends to accumulate in the body of the aquatic organism and sediment soil, posing health risks to the human.
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Molecules, 2022 Pesticides are synthetic compounds that may become environmental contaminants through their use and application. The high productivity achieved in the agricultural industry can be credited to the use and application of pesticides by way of pest and ...
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Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Agricultural pesticide use and its associated environmental harms is widespread throughout much of the world. Efforts to mitigate this harm have largely been focused on reducing pesticide contamination of the water and air, as runoff and pesticide drift ...
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Effects of herbicides on growth and number of actinomycetes in soil and in vitro [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2016 This study was conducted under laboratory conditions to investigate the effects of herbicides (nicosulfuron, metribuzin and glyphosate) on the number of actinomycetes in soil and growth of several isolates of actinomycetes in vitro.
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Environmental Science and Technology, 2021 Pesticides are applied in large quantities to agroecosystems worldwide. To date, few studies assessed the occurrence of pesticides in organically managed agricultural soils, and it is unresolved whether these pesticide residues affect soil life.
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