Airborne pollutants like particulate matter and volatile organic compounds can negatively
impact microbial, plant, and animal life as well as human health. Traditional environmental …

Honey is a natural food with many pro-health properties, which comprises a wide variety of
valuable ingredients. It can also be the source of chemical contaminants of environmental …

Pollutants can have severe detrimental effects on insects, even at sublethal doses,
damaging developmental and cognitive processes involved in crucial behaviours …

Simple Summary The increasing release of harmful pollutants into our environment
threatens our health. To detect these dangerous substances, scientists are using special …

Honeybees are the most critical pollinators providing key ecosystem services that underpin
crop production and sustainable agriculture. Amidst a backdrop of rapid global change, this …

Whether animals can actively avoid food contaminated with harmful compounds through
taste is key to assess their ecotoxicological risks. Here, we investigated the ability of honey …

Humanitarian demining is a worldwide effort and the range of climates and environments
prevent any one detection method being suitable for all sites, so more tools are required for …

Honey bees are commonly exposed to a broad spectrum of xenobiotics, including heavy
metals. Heavy metal toxicity is of concern in the context of global pollinator declines …

The worldwide increase in urban and industrial areas represents a challenge for urban
green management, pollutant mitigation and environmental monitoring. We propose an …

The present study evaluated an integrated biomonitoring approach based on three different
bioindicators: tree rings, lichens, and beetles in a complex environment (urban-industrial …