Pesticides in the urban environment: A potential threat that knocks at the door

IM Meftaul, K Venkateswarlu, R Dharmarajan… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticides play a pivotal role in controlling pests and disease infestations not only in urban
agriculture but also in non-agricultural settings. Several pesticides like herbicides …

A comprehensive review of environmental fate and degradation of fipronil and its toxic metabolites

NS Singh, R Sharma, SK Singh, DK Singh - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of pesticides to increase crop production has become one of the inevitable
components of modern agriculture. Fipronil, a phenylpyrazoles insecticide, is one of the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of long-term pesticide monitoring studies to assess surface water quality trends

R Chow, R Scheidegger, T Doppler, A Dietzel… - Water research X, 2020 - Elsevier
Aquatic pesticide pollution from both agricultural and urban pest control is a concern in
many parts of the world. Making an accurate assessment of pesticide exposure is the …

Hydrophilic trace organic contaminants in urban stormwater: occurrence, toxicological relevance, and the need to enhance green stormwater infrastructure

S Spahr, M Teixidó, DL Sedlak… - … Science: Water Research …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrophilic trace organic contaminants (hyphil-TrOCs) are polar, often ionizable organic
compounds of anthropogenic origin that have various applications in the urban environment …

A review of pesticide fate and transport simulation at watershed level using SWAT: Current status and research concerns

R Wang, Y Yuan, H Yen, M Grieneisen, J Arnold… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of pesticides in agriculture is a widely-used way to alleviate pest stresses.
However, it also introduces various environmental concerns due to the offsite movement of …

Membrane technology for pesticide removal from aquatic environment: Status quo and way forward

PS Goh, NA Ahmad, TW Wong, LT Yogarathinam… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The noxious side effects of pesticides on human health and environment have prompted the
search of effective and reliable treatment techniques for pesticide removal. The removal of …

Passage of fiproles and imidacloprid from urban pest control uses through wastewater treatment plants in northern California, USA

AM Sadaria, R Sutton, KD Moran… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Urban pest control insecticides—specifically fipronil and its 4 major degradates (fipronil
sulfone, sulfide, desulfinyl, and amide), as well as imidacloprid—were monitored during …

Agricultural pesticide use and food safety: California's model

M Zhang, MR Zeiss, S Geng - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015 - Elsevier
Pesticides have been an essential part of agriculture to protect crops and livestock from pest
infestations and yield reduction for many decades. Despite their usefulness, pesticides could …

Complex mixtures of Pesticides in Midwest US streams indicated by POCIS time-integrating samplers

PC Van Metre, DA Alvarez, BJ Mahler, L Nowell… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Midwest United States is an intensely agricultural region where pesticides in
streams pose risks to aquatic biota, but temporal variability in pesticide concentrations …

Efficacy of ozone for removal of pesticides, metals and indicator virus from reverse osmosis concentrates generated during potable reuse of municipal wastewaters

JF King, A Szczuka, Z Zhang, WA Mitch - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study evaluated ozone treatment to address concerns regarding the discharge to
marine waters of chemical contaminants and pathogens in reverse osmosis (RO) …