Non-agricultural uses of pesticides are common in the US and may thus lead to exposure of
non-target ecosystems such as urban waterways. However, surface water exposure …

Pyrethroid pesticides have replaced organophosphates for many urban applications,
including structural pest control, landscape maintenance, and residential home and garden …

Environmental change can increase the vulnerability of aquatic species to toxic chemicals
by challenging an organism's aptitude to respond to chemicals or to repair toxic injury or by …

Trace metal contributions in urban storm water are of concern to environmental managers
because of their potential impacts on ambient receiving waters. The mechanisms and …

In the current study, organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides including diazinon,
chlorpyrifos, bifenthrin, fenpropathrin, permethrin, λ-cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic and mutagenic compounds,
ubiquitous in the air and water of urban environments, and have been shown to accumulate …

Flupyradifurone (FPO) easily spreads to the water environment after application because of
its high solubility in water (3200 mg/L, 20° C), but as a novel neonicotinoid pesticide, its …

The control of polluted surface runoff and the assessment of possible impacts on
groundwater is a concern at the local and regional scale. On this background, a study …

Intensive residential use of insecticides has resulted in their ubiquitous presence as
contaminants in urban surface streams. For pest eradication, urban hard surfaces such as …

This comprehensive study focused on the reactivity of a set of 62 pesticides via oxidization
by free chlorine, monochloramine, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, ozone, and …