The increase and indiscriminate use of personal care products, food products, fertilizers,
pesticides, and health products, among others, have resulted/are resulting in extensive …

Chemicals used for storage majorly possess insecticidal activities–deterring destructive
insect pests and microorganisms from stored agricultural produce. Despite the controversy …

Abstract Metal accumulation (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in Korotoa River
sediment was studied in order to determine the metal content, distribution, sources, and their …

Glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium are the main herbicides used to control weeds in no-
tillage agricultural fields in China. However, their leaching risk to groundwater and …

Research on decentralized wastewaters deserves special focus due to the potential
abundance of emerging organic pollutants including pharmaceutical and personal care …

Peri-urban horticulture is crucial to local populations, but a global paucity of information
exists regarding the contamination of the associated waterways because of this activity. The …

Multiple pesticides are heavily applied in crops grown in China's tropics due to the
prevalence of diseases and pests, thus posing potential risks to nontarget organisms (eg …

The extensive use and environmental persistence of atrazine has resulted in its ubiquitous
occurrence in water resources. Some reports have described atrazine bioaccumulation and …

Muscle and viscera (gills-liver) of the fish Prochilodus lineatus were obtained from four sites
of lower course of Salado river and one site at Santa Fe river near to its confluence with …

Intense agricultural activities are performed in the Ebro River Delta (NE Spain) with
extensive use of pesticides. Medium to highly polar pesticides have not been studied …