Waterbird use of agricultural wetlands has increased as natural wetlands have declined.
Use of rice (Oryza sativa) habitats by some waterbird species is considered essential to …

Groundwater (GW) constitutes the most important source of drinking water, and despite the
benefit of pesticides in food production, the contamination of GW by biologically active …

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …

Purpose Pesticides are applied to agricultural fields to optimise crop yield and their global
use is substantial. Their consideration in life cycle assessment (LCA) is affected by important …

Large areas of the southern European countries possess a Mediterranean climate, which
influences soil properties, land use, fertilizer application practices and pathways of …

Organophosphate pesticides are compounds that are not only toxic to both humans and
wildlife but also difficult to degrade under natural environmental conditions. In Iran …

The components of global change operate on different spatial and temporal scales.
Scientific analyses of this issue, however, often deal with shorter time scales, due to the …

Present study determines not only the total amounts of metals (Cr, Cu and Pb) in superficial
agricultural soil of Sistan area in Eastern Iran, but also the chemical partitioning of these …

An improved simulation model (PCPF‐1) has been evaluated for the prediction of the fate of
mefenacet in an experimental paddy field. This model simulates the fate and transport of …

Heavy metal (HM) contaminations in the topsoil around handicraft villages with non-ferrous
heavy metal recycling in the Red River Delta can impose serious threats to the subsoil as …