New Zealand uses more than a ton of pesticides each year; many of these are mobile,
relatively persistent, and can make their way into waterways. While considerable effort goes …

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide used around the world to protect food crops
against insects and mites. Despite guidelines for chlorpyrifos usage, including precautions …

The Ñuble River flows through an agricultural area in the central zone of Chile in which
different types of fruits are grown. The objective of this study was to identify the levels and …

To help countries worldwide regulate agricultural soil standards for organic contaminants,
this study developed the pastoral-based chemical lifecycle management (PBCLM) modeling …

Organic matter from salmon farms has been shown to be assimilated by soft sediment and
rocky reef communities within the ecological footprint of salmon farms. Given these findings …

Compost-derived humic acids (HAs) as cheap soil conditioners have potential to facilitate
pentachlorophenol (PCP) bio-dechlorination but lack proof and studies. To clarify this, PCP …

Well validated and reliable biological assays using local and native species are required to
characterise the impacts of pollution on ecosystem health. We identified a native estuarine …

The goal of this work was to determine the applicability of slow-acting fertilizers in
optimization of the effectiveness of celeriac production under conditions of integrated plant …

The long-term accumulation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) has adversely affected the paddy
soil ecosystem. PCP reductive dechlorination under anaerobic conditions is an efficient …

Interactions of pesticides with biotic or anthropogenic stressors affecting stream
invertebrates are still poorly understood. In a three-factor laboratory experiment, we …