Agricultural pesticides pose a continuous ecotoxicological risk to aquatic organisms in a tropical horticulture catchment

Pesticides are used throughout the tropics in large amounts to protect crops against pests and weeds. These chemicals may be lost to the aquatic environment and impair its ecological status and the water quality for human consumption. Despite intensive use of pesticides in many developing countries,...

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Main Authors: Frederik T. Weiss, Clemens Ruepert, Silvia Echeverría-Sáenz, Rik I.L. Eggen, Christian Stamm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Environmental Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765722001740