Agrochemicals have enabled to more than duplicate food production during the last century,
and the current need to increase food production to feed a rapid growing human population …

Ensuring adequate food availability to an increasing world population constitutes one of the
biggest challenges faced by humankind. Scientific and technological advances in food …

Organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) and stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N) were
determined in 58 fishes belonging to 20 species collected from Manila Bay, the Philippines …

Benzotriazole ultraviolet stabilizers (BUVSs) used in plastic products, building materials and
personal hygiene products were analyzed in fishes collected from Manila Bay, the …

Seafood safety is a crucial public health concern for consumers. In this study, we applied a
validated method to analyze the residue of banned veterinary drugs in shellfish, namely …

Over 30 herbicides have been detected in catchments and waters of the Great Barrier Reef
(GBR) and their toxicity to key tropical species, including the coral endosymbiotic algae …

Plastic resin pellets collected at 11 beaches covering the whole Ghanaian coastline were
analyzed for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCB concentrations (∑ 13 congeners) were …

Concentrations of 24 PCBs were simultaneously determined in air, seawater, and corals
from the South China Sea (SCS) in spring-summer for understanding their distribution and …

Agriculture is one of the most important economic activities in Sinaloa, Mexico. The Culiacan
Valley is an extensive agricultural region characterized by a variety of crops with high-yield …

BACKGROUND The pesticide Endosulfan is commercially available as a mixture of two
conformal isomers, ie Endosulfan‐1 (Endo‐1) and Endosulfan‐2 (Endo‐2). Endosulfan has …