Recently, much attention has been focused on insecticides as a group of chemicals
combining high toxicity to invertebrates and fishes with low application rates, which …

Argentina has 31 million hectares given over to agriculture comprising 2.2% of the world's
total area under cultivation (Stock Exchange of Rosario, Argentina). Despite the intensity of …

Environmental risk assessment is an essential part of the approval process for pesticides.
Exposure concentrations are compared with ecotoxicological data obtained from …

The first-and second-order streams, Brown and Horqueta, respectively, which are located in
the main area of soybean production in Argentina were examined for insecticide …

Taking into account that the extent of the crops in the region is about ten million hectares of
the genetically modified soybean variety (RR), the aim of the present study is to determine …

Pesticides can enter surface waters via different routes, among which runoff driven by
precipitation or irrigation is the most important in terms of peak concentrations. The exposure …

Endosulfan is a widely used organochlorine pesticide with well-documented neurotoxic
effects in both humans and laboratory animals (mammals and fish). Neurotoxicity has been …

Concentrations of 17 insecticides were measured in sediments collected from 53 streams in
soy production regions of South America (Argentina in 2011–2014, Paraguay and Brazil in …

We investigated relationships among insecticides and aquatic invertebrate communities in
22 streams of two soy production regions of the Argentine Pampas over three growing …

Toxicity to the locally dominant amphipod Hyalella curvispina was assessed in a first-order
stream running through a cultivated farm. Cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos, endosulfan and …