Pesticides are omnipresent, and they pose significant environmental and health risks.
Translational studies indicate that acute exposure to high pesticide levels is detrimental, and …

Currently, there are more than 350,000 chemicals in use, while their ecological effects are
not fully understood. In this review, we focus on pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and personal …

In Germany, the decline of insect biomass was observed in nature conservation areas in
agricultural landscapes. One of the main causal factors discussed is the use of synthetic …

Agriculture impacts the ecological status of freshwaters through multiple pressures such as
diffuse pollution, water abstraction, and hydromorphological alteration, strongly impairing …

Chemical pollution is still an underestimated threat to surface waters from natural areas. This
study has analysed the presence and distribution of 59 organic micropollutants (OMPs) …

Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) demands that good status is to be achieved
for all European water bodies. While governmental monitoring under the WFD mostly …

Humans impact terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems, yet many broad-scale studies
have found no systematic, negative biodiversity changes (for example, decreasing …

This study comprises a critical review of modeling of pesticides in surface waters. The aim
was to update the status of the use of models to simulate the fate of pesticides from diffuse …

A complete ban on pesticide use in sensitive areas, such as nature conservation areas
(NCA), is currently being debated in the EU as part of the Sustainable Use Regulation. NCA …

Background Chemical pollution forms a severe threat for human and environmental health.
While the risks for European lowland water bodies are well known, there is little knowledge …