The application of pesticides in agricultural and public health sectors has resulted in
substantially contaminated water resources with residues in many countries. Almost no …

Pesticides are used in modern agriculture to increase crop yields, but they may pose a
serious threat to aquatic ecosystems. Pesticides may enter water bodies through diffuse and …

The presence of organic pollutants in the aquatic environment, usually found at trace
concentrations (ie, between ng L− 1 and μg L− 1 or even lower, known as micropollutants) …

The residues of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) have been widely detected in rivers,
the gulf, and even groundwater and drinking water, which may pose a serious threat to …

Constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow (HF CWs) have been used for
wastewater treatment for more than 30 years. Most HF CWs have been designed to treat …

Urbanization poses a global challenge to species conservation. This is primarily understood
in terms of physical habitat loss, as agricultural and forested lands are replaced with urban …

Although the use of pesticides is as old as agriculture, the advent of synthetic pesticides in
the 1940s was one of the most important achievements that spawned the “Green …

Contamination caused by pesticides in agriculture is a source of environmental poor water
quality in some of the European Union countries. Without treatment or targeted mitigation …

Nonpoint source pollution (NPSP) from agricultural runoff threatens drinking water quality,
aquatic habitats, and a variety of other beneficial uses of water resources. Agricultural runoff …

Two sulfonated surfactants, dodecylsulfonate (DSO) and dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS),
were readily intercalated into MgAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) using the co …