The word “pesticides” is a complex word that encompasses all compounds that are applied
to destroy or regulate pests; this includes insecticides (insects), herbicides (weeds) and …

Pesticides released to the environment can indirectly affect target and non-target species in
ways that are often contrary to their intended use. Such indirect effects are mediated through …

Though concerns about the proliferation of synthetic chemicals–including pesticides–gave
rise to the modern environmental movement in the early 1960s, synthetic chemical pollution …

Chemical contaminants (eg metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals) are changing ecosystems
via effects on wildlife. Indeed, recent work explicitly performed under environmentally …

Fungicides are indispensable to global food security and their use is forecasted to intensify.
Fungicides can reach aquatic ecosystems and occur in surface water bodies in agricultural …

Ecological communities face a variety of environmental and anthropogenic stressors acting
simultaneously. Stressor impacts can combine additively or can interact, causing synergistic …

The current agriculture system has become complex and fragile in recent years. With an
increase in population, the demand for food is increasing, but the resources such as arable …

Freshwater ecosystems are strongly influenced by weather extremes such as heatwaves
(HWs), which are predicted to increase in frequency and magnitude in the future. In addition …

Chemical pesticides remain the main agents for control of arthropod crop pests despite
increased concern for their side effects. Although chemical pesticide applications generally …

Given the multitude of pesticides used in agriculture, adjacent streams are typically exposed
to pesticide mixtures. Previous studies analysed the ecological risks of a few pesticide …