Background. There are frequent reports of unsafe pesticide use in many parts of Africa.
Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa with around 80% of the population still …

Nowadays, many irrigated rice producers have adopted the rice-fish farming systems, in
which fish are reared in the same environment as rice is grown. These animals can …

Biologically active compounds used in agriculture that develop near aquatic environments
easily spill into rivers or lakes. As a result, insecticides, herbicides and fungicides are …

This study evaluates the distribution of pesticides and assesses the ecological and human
health risks associated with pesticide residues concentration in the Thamirabarani River, the …

Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been used extensively in the eastern regions of
South Africa for agricultural and malaria control purposes, yet few data exist on the local …

With the second highest gross domestic product in Africa, South Africa is known to have a
high pesticide usage, including the highly persistent and banned group of organochlorine …

Pesticide residues (PRs) in farmed shrimps are concerning food safety risks. Globally, India
is a major exporter of pacific white leg shrimp (P. vannamei). This study was undertaken to …

This study is aimed to assess the heavy metals contamination and health risk in Shrimp
(Macrobrachium rosenbergii and Penaeus monodon) collected from Khulna-Satkhira region …

Fish consumption is known to have several health benefits for humans. However, the
accumulation of organic pollutants, like organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) could pose health …

Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, Mn, and As) concentration was investigated in the
industrial effluents, water, sediment, and fish samples collected around the Dhaka Export …