Atualmente, o Brasil é o maior consumidor de agrotóxicos do mundo. Diversos estudos
comprovam os malefícios para a saúde humana e ambiental da exposição aos agrotóxicos …

Excessive use of pesticides and herbicides is a major environmental and health concern
worldwide. Atrazine, a synthetic triazine herbicide commonly used to control grassy and …

Atrazine is a pre-and post-emergence herbicide used to control weeds in many crops. It was
introduced in the late 1950s, but its use has been controversial because of its high potential …

Different and alternative renewable-source materials, commonly called bioplastics, have
been proposed due to the high production and consumption of petroleum-derived plastics …

Abstract In the Paraná River lower basin, an important agro-productive area of Argentina,
crop fields and cattle breeding activities are common and may affect water quality. So, the …

A quantitative weight of evidence (WoE) approach was developed to evaluate studies used
for regulatory purposes, as well as those in the open literature, that report the effects of the …

Pesticides are considered one of the main causes of the population decline of reptiles
worldwide, with freshwater turtles being particularly susceptible to aquatic contamination. In …

Nanoparticles (NPs), especially silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles
(ZnO NPs), are widely used in various industrial applications and are released into the …

Concern over global amphibian declines and possible links to agrochemical use has led to
research on the endocrine disrupting actions of agrochemicals, such as fertilizers …

Abstract The lower Salado River basin receive agricultural, industrial and domestic waste
water. So, the aim was to evaluate the quality of three sampling sites that belong to the …