Neonicotinoid contamination of global surface waters and associated risk to aquatic invertebrates: a review

CA Morrissey, P Mineau, JH Devries… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoids, broad-spectrum systemic insecticides, are the fastest growing class of
insecticides worldwide and are now registered for use on hundreds of field crops in over 120 …

Environmental fate and exposure; neonicotinoids and fipronil

JM Bonmatin, C Giorio, V Girolami, D Goulson… - … science and pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Systemic insecticides are applied to plants using a wide variety of methods, ranging from
foliar sprays to seed treatments and soil drenches. Neonicotinoids and fipronil are among …

Neonicotinoids in the Canadian aquatic environment: a literature review on current use products with a focus on fate, exposure, and biological effects

JC Anderson, C Dubetz, VP Palace - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Developed to replace organophosphate and carbamate insecticides, neonicotinoids are
structurally similar to nicotine. The three main neonicotinoid insecticides, imidacloprid …

DNA damage and oxidative stress induced by imidacloprid exposure in different tissues of the Neotropical fish Prochilodus lineatus

CED Vieira, MR Pérez, RDA Acayaba, CCM Raimundo… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Imidacloprid (IMI), a systemic neonicotinoid insecticide widely used in worldwide scale, is
reported in freshwater bodies. Nevertheless, there is a lack of information about IMI …

Hazard identification of imidacloprid to aquatic environment

T Tišler, A Jemec, B Mozetič, P Trebše - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
The use of a very effective insecticide against sucking pests, neonicotinoid imidacloprid, has
been increasing extensively. For this reason elevated concentrations are expected in …

Comparative toxicity of imidacloprid, of its commercial liquid formulation and of diazinon to a non-target arthropod, the microcrustacean Daphnia magna

A Jemec, T Tišler, D Drobne, K Sepčić, D Fournier… - Chemosphere, 2007 - Elsevier
Imidacloprid (IMI) is at the moment the insecticide with the world's fastest growing sales and
is considered possible replacement for the widely used organophosphorus pesticide …

Neonicotinoid insecticide hydrolysis and photolysis: Rates and residual toxicity

SA Todey, AM Fallon, WA Arnold - … Toxicology and Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neonicotinoid insecticides are the most widely used class of insecticides worldwide.
Concern has grown over their widespread environmental presence and potential …

Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Imidacloprid to the Aquatic Invertebrates Chironomus tentans and Hyalella azteca under Constant- and Pulse-Exposure Conditions

SJ Stoughton, K Liber, J Culp, A Cessna - Archives of Environmental …, 2008 - Springer
The toxicity of imidacloprid, a nicotinic mimic insecticide, to the aquatic invertebrates
Chironomus tentans and Hyalella azteca, was first evaluated in static 96-hour tests using …

Imidacloprid induces changes in the structure, genetic diversity and catabolic activity of soil microbial communities

M Cycoń, A Markowicz, S Borymski, M Wójcik… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This is the first report describing the effect of imidacloprid applied at field rate (FR, 1 mg/kg of
soil) and 10 times the FR (10* FR, 10 mg/kg of soil) on the structural, genetic and …

Persistence and metabolism of imidacloprid in different soils of West Bengal

MA Sarkar, S Roy, RK Kole… - Pest Management …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
A laboratory experiment was performed to study the persistence of imidacloprid from two
formulations (Confidor 200 g litre− 1 SL and Gaucho 700 g kg− 1 WS), and its metabolism in …