The environmental risks of neonicotinoid pesticides: a review of the evidence post 2013

TJ Wood, D Goulson - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017 - Springer
Neonicotinoid pesticides were first introduced in the mid-1990s, and since then, their use
has grown rapidly. They are now the most widely used class of insecticides in the world, with …

An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems

L Pisa, D Goulson, EC Yang, D Gibbons… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
New information on the lethal and sublethal effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on
organisms is presented in this review, complementing the previous Worldwide Integrated …

An assessment of acute insecticide toxicity loading (AITL) of chemical pesticides used on agricultural land in the United States

M DiBartolomeis, S Kegley, P Mineau, R Radford… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
We present a method for calculating the Acute Insecticide Toxicity Loading (AITL) on US
agricultural lands and surrounding areas and an assessment of the changes in AITL from …

Flower plantings support wild bee reproduction and may also mitigate pesticide exposure effects

M Rundlöf, C Stuligross, A Lindh… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable agriculture relies on pollinators, and wild bees benefit yield of multiple crops.
However, the combined exposure to pesticides and loss of flower resources, driven by …

A common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, impairs honey bee flight ability

S Tosi, G Burgio, JC Nieh - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Pesticides can pose environmental risks, and a common neonicotinoid pesticide,
thiamethoxam, decreases homing success in honey bees. Neonicotinoids can alter bee …

[HTML][HTML] Medicating the environment? A critical review on the risks of carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen to aquatic organisms

NSP Batucan, LA Tremblay, GL Northcott… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are an important class of micropollutants within the freshwater
environment. There is sufficient evidence of their impacts on exposed biota to warrant further …

Quantifying exposure of wild bumblebees to mixtures of agrochemicals in agricultural and urban landscapes

C Botías, A David, EM Hill, D Goulson - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
The increased use of pesticides has caused concern over the possible direct association of
exposure to combinations of these compounds with bee health problems. There is growing …

Translocation of the neonicotinoid seed treatment clothianidin in maize

A Alford, CH Krupke - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Neonicotinoid seed treatments, typically clothianidin or thiamethoxam, are routinely applied
to> 80% of maize (corn) seed grown in North America where they are marketed as a …

Interactions between pesticides and pathogen susceptibility in honey bees

ST O'Neal, TD Anderson, JY Wu-Smart - Current opinion in insect science, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Interaction effects may overload detoxification and immune responses.•Effects
observed at the individual level do not seem to translate to the colony level.•Colony effects …

The impact of pesticides on flower‐visiting insects: A review with regard to European risk assessment

P Uhl, CA Brühl - Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Flower‐visiting insects (FVIs) are an ecologically diverse group of mobile, flying species that
should be protected from pesticide effects according to European policy. However, there is …