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Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications

open access: yesToxics, 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.
Ahmed Alengebawy   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biopesticides as a promising alternative to synthetic pesticides: A case for microbial pesticides, phytopesticides, and nanobiopesticides

open access: yesFrontiers 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.
M. Ayilara   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Common Feature of Pesticides: Oxidative Stress—The Role of Oxidative Stress in Pesticide-Induced Toxicity

open access: yesOxidative 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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Use of Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture as an Alternative to Synthetic Pesticides

open access: yesAgriculture, 2022
Pest management is being confronted with immense economic and environmental issues worldwide because of massive utilization and over-reliance on pesticides.
P. M. Ngegba   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bioaccumulation of pesticides in fish resulting toxicities in humans through food chain and forensic aspects

open access: yesEnvironmental Analysis Health and Toxicology, 2023
A crucial component for agricultural productivity is pesticide application. Increased usage of pesticides has significantly increased agricultural output, reduced grain losses in storage, and overall enhanced human wellbeing.
Suryapratap Ray, Sanjana Thanjan Shaju
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pesticides in Drinking Water—A Review

open access: yesInternational 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.
Muhammad Syafrudin   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analytical Evaluation of Carbamate and Organophosphate Pesticides in Human and Environmental Matrices: A Review

open access: yesMolecules, 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 ...
Nonkululeko Landy Mdeni   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment

open access: yesFrontiers 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 ...
Tari Gunstone   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Allelopathic effects of actinobacterial isolates on seed germination and early seedling growth of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medik.) [PDF]

open access: yesPesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2022
This study aimed to examine in vitro allelopathic effects of actinobacterial isolates on seed germination and early seedling growth of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti).
Šantrić Ljiljana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Widespread Occurrence of Pesticides in Organically Managed Agricultural Soils-the Ghost of a Conventional Agricultural Past?

open access: yesEnvironmental 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.
Judith Riedo   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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