In the last years the environmental presence of pharmaceuticals has gained increasing
attention. Research data show that these compounds can cause toxicological effects in …

The global occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment has been considered
a particularly concerning problem with unknown consequences. Non-steroidal anti …

A literature review of pesticide toxicity to aquatic plants was conducted in order to arrive at a
set of species for use in preregistration testing. Criteria used in the selection process …

Pharmaceuticals have been detected in surface waters of the US and Europe, originating
largely from two sources, sewage effluent and agricultural runoff. These compounds often …

Pharmaceuticals, which are designed to be biologically active at low concentrations, are
found in surface waters, meaning aquatic organisms can be exposed to complex mixtures of …

To evaluate the ecotoxicological potential of ten prescription drugs against aquatic
organisms from different taxonornical classes, a set of biotests were performed using the …

Lemna minor is often used in environmental risk assessment and it can be supposed that
usually evaluated parameters will be reliable even for assessing the risk of pharmaceuticals …

Herbicides such as atrazine, diuron, simazine and glyphosate are of growing concern with
respect to ecotoxicity as they are often encountered in outdoor water samples. The present …

Lemna spp. are the standard test species representing aquatic macrophytes in the current
risk assessment schemes for herbicides and plant growth regulators in the European Union …

The fungicide fluazinam, the insecticide lambda‐cyhalothrin, and the herbicides asulam and
metamitron were applied to indoor freshwater microcosms (water volume approximately 0.6 …