Neonicotinoids in the Canadian aquatic environment: a literature review on current use products with a focus on fate, exposure, and biological effects

JC Anderson, C Dubetz, VP Palace - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Developed to replace organophosphate and carbamate insecticides, neonicotinoids are
structurally similar to nicotine. The three main neonicotinoid insecticides, imidacloprid …

[HTML][HTML] Medicating the environment? A critical review on the risks of carbamazepine, diclofenac and ibuprofen to aquatic organisms

NSP Batucan, LA Tremblay, GL Northcott… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals are an important class of micropollutants within the freshwater
environment. There is sufficient evidence of their impacts on exposed biota to warrant further …

Ecological risk assessment of current-use pesticides and biocides in soils, sediments and surface water of a mixed land-use basin of the Pampas region, Argentina

DJ Pérez, FG Iturburu, G Calderon, LAE Oyesqui… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to assess the ecological risk of 30 current-use agricultural
pesticides and biocides in the soil, sediments and aquatic organisms of a mixed land-use …

Sub-lethal effects of dietary neonicotinoid insecticide exposure on honey bee queen fecundity and colony development

J Wu-Smart, M Spivak - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Many factors can negatively affect honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) health including the
pervasive use of systemic neonicotinoid insecticides. Through direct consumption of …

Thiamethoxam induces transgenerational hormesis effects and alteration of genes expression in Aphis gossypii

F Ullah, H Gul, K Tariq, N Desneux, X Gao… - Pesticide biochemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Insecticide induced-hormesis, a bi-phasic phenomenon characterized by low dose
stimulation and high dose inhibition following exposure to insecticide, is crucial to insect …

Comparative chronic toxicity of imidacloprid, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam to Chironomus dilutus and estimation of toxic equivalency factors

MC Cavallaro, CA Morrissey… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nontarget aquatic insects are susceptible to chronic neonicotinoid insecticide exposure
during the early stages of development from repeated runoff events and prolonged …

Neurotoxicity of organophosphate pesticides could reduce the ability of fish to escape predation under low doses of exposure

N Sandoval-Herrera, F Mena, M Espinoza… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Biomarkers are frequently used in ecotoxicology as they allow to study toxicant effects
happening at low concentrations of exposure. However, most sublethal studies only …

Clearance of ingested neonicotinoid pesticide (imidacloprid) in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

JE Cresswell, FXL Robert, H Florance… - Pest management …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Bees in agricultural landscapes are exposed to dietary pesticides such as
imidacloprid when they feed from treated mass‐flowering crops. Concern about the …

Effect of imidacloprid on the behavior, antioxidant system, multixenobiotic resistance, and histopathology of Asian freshwater clams (Corbicula fluminea)

Y Shan, S Yan, X Hong, J Zha, J Qin - Aquatic Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
In the current study, to investigate the effect of imidacloprid on benthic bivalves, adult Asian
clams (Corbicula fluminea) were exposed to 0, 20, 200, and 2000 μg/L imidacloprid for 30 d …

Can⿿ t take the heat: Temperature-enhanced toxicity in the mayfly Isonychia bicolor exposed to the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid

AA Camp, DB Buchwalter - Aquatic Toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid insecticide usage has increased globally in recent decades. Neonicotinoids,
such as imidacloprid, are potent insect neurotoxicants that may pose a threat to non-target …