Soil invertebrate communities represent a significant fraction of global biodiversity and play
crucial roles in ecosystems. A number of human activities threaten soil communities, in …

The adoption of less intensive soil cultivation practices is expected to increase earthworm
populations and their contributions to ecosystem functioning. However, conflicting results …

With the wide use of mulch film and pesticides, mulch film-derived microplastics are very
likely to produce combined effects with pesticides in agricultural soil. However, little is known …

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), one of the most commonly applied plasticizers, has been frequently
detected in the aquatic environment, posing potential risks to aquatic organisms. Currently …

Fluorene is an important toxic chemical that exists ubiquitously in the environment, and it
has also been suggested to exert potential deleterious effects on soil invertebrates …

Background: Foodborne pathogens are a growing concern with respect to human illnesses
and death. There is an increasing demand for improvements in global food safety. However …

Nanoplastics (NPs) are widely distributed in various environments, including soil, and have
been known to adversely affect soil organisms. Currently, most of the obtained studies were …

Cyflumetofen was widely applied in agriculture with its excellent acaricidal effect. However,
the impact of cyflumetofen on the soil non-target organism earthworm (Eisenia fetida) is …

Herbicides used on a regular basis could endanger non-target species like earthworms. The
aim of this work was to test the toxic effect of atrazine and metribuzin on Aporrectodea …

An increase in the area treated with the fungicide thifluzamide has triggered concerns for
soil ecosystem service providers such as earthworms. Here, we assessed effects of …