The occurrence of pesticides in aquatic environments is registered worldwide, but few or no
approaches have been used to summarize and integrate the data. In this work, 30 countries …

Abstract The Fluxes of Agrochemicals into the Marine Environment (FAME) project, which
was funded by the European Union, studied the presence and fate of pesticides in major …

Since the industrial revolution, several new chemicals were discovered and introduced in
society, and soon after the green revolution, pesticides were also introduced to strengthen …

Pesticides are used in a wide range of settings as an efficient tool for pest management.
However, agricultural and urban uses have become the primary sources of pesticide …

There is currently a growing interest in the so-called emerging pollutants, such as pesticides,
pharmaceuticals, personal hygiene care products, drugs, etc., whose presence in natural …

Current-use pesticides (CUPs) are widely used, not only in agriculture but also for human
health protection and other applications. Consequently, insecticides, herbicides, and …

Aquatic animals are very precious to humans because they provide food sources. In order to
satisfy the growing demand for food over the past few decades, there has been a significant …

1 Executive summary In Europe, a stable and reliable food supply has become normal over
recent decades. This has been achieved in many cases by the use of pesticides to control …

From the viewpoint of protecting the natural environment, aquatic ecotoxicological
assessment of new pesticides and many existing ones has increasingly become more …

Pesticides play a very important role in reducing losses and maintaining quality in crop
production. Although positive effects of pesticide use are undeniable, adverse effects are …