Pesticides are either natural or chemically synthesized compounds that are used to control a
variety of pests. These chemical compounds are used in a variety of sectors like food …

Simple Summary Pyrethroid insecticides are extensively used in controlling agricultural
insects and treatment of ectoparasitic infestation in farm animals. However, the unhygienic …

Atrazine is presently one of the most abundantly used herbicides in the United States, and a
common contaminant of natural water bodies and drinking waters in high-use areas …

A quantitative weight of evidence (WoE) approach was developed to evaluate studies used
for regulatory purposes, as well as those in the open literature, that report the effects of the …

Globally, amphibians are undergoing a precipitous decline. At the last estimate in 2004,
32% of the approximately 6000 species were threatened with extinction and 43% were …

Atrazine (ATZ) is the third most widely used herbicide in Argentina (10 000 t year− 1) and is
approved for sugar cane, flax, corn, sorghum, and tea. An assessment of the ATZ …

The herbicide atrazine is one of the most commonly used, well studied, and controversial
pesticides on the planet. Much of the controversy involves the effects of atrazine on wildlife …

The majority of the world's food producers depend on pesticides, and most of those users
live in the global south. Especially in places where regulation is weak, the primary mode of …

Brazil is an important consumer of herbicides. In sugarcane cultivation—the country's most
extensive agricultural crop—atrazine-based formulations are the principal form of weed …

Atrazine often contaminates drinking water sources, exceeding the maximum contaminant
level established by the US Environmental Protection Agency at 3 parts per billion (ppb; …