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 …

Following a request from EFSA, the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues
developed an opinion on the science behind the risk assessment of plant protection …

Research on the uptake and effects of bioplastics by aquatic organisms is still in its infancy.
Here, we aim to advance the field by comparing uptake and effects of microplastic particles …

Controlled stimuli-responsive release systems are a feasible and effective way to increase
the efficiency of pesticides and help improve environmental pollution issues. However, near …

Thousands of tons of neonicotinoids are widely used around the world as broad-spectrum
systemic insecticides and veterinary drugs. Researchers originally thought that …

Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) are the most successful crustacean colonizers of land
habitats. From an evolutionary point of view, they are excellent examples of model …

Insecticide induced-hormesis, a bi-phasic phenomenon characterized by low dose
stimulation and high dose inhibition following exposure to insecticide, is crucial to insect …

Developments in soil ecotoxicology started with observations on pesticide effects on soil
invertebrates in the 1960s. To support the risk assessment of chemicals, in the 1980s and …

The increasing use of neonicotinoid class of pesticides in agriculture is a major concern for
environmental pollution and water resource and can cause adverse health effects. Herein …

If an organism does not feed, it dies of starvation. Even though some insecticides which are
used to control pests in agriculture can interfere with feeding behavior of insects and other …