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Subjects / keywords: Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Environmental pollution; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences

The aim of the present work was to study the effect of the pyrethroid cypermethrin (CYP) on the non-target freshwater snail Chilina parchappi. Initially, the sensitivity of adult snails to CYP was evaluated via the 96-h ...

Subjects / keywords: ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, environmental safety; Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Environmental pollution; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences

Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects and fate of contaminant substances on ecosystems. It aims to determine if there is an ecological risk by comparing the concentration that produces toxic effects with the environm...

Subjects / keywords: Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

Subjects / keywords: ecotoxicology, environmental contaminants, sediment toxicity, aquatic toxicity, emerging contaminants, ecological risk assessment; Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

Acephate is a pesticide classified as moderately toxic, and its metabolite methamidophos is highly toxic for mammals and birds; even so, it is one of the most used insecticides in pest control for agricultural and domest...

La ecotoxicología es la disciplina científica que estudia el efecto de las sustancias y compuestos químicos sobre los ecosistemas. Una característica de esta disciplina es que los conocimientos científicos y las tec...

IntroductionCurrent regulatory neurotoxicity guidelines do not include behavioral endpoints that capture stress-related responses. Zebrafish larvae prior to independent feeding offer a promising vertebrate model for deve...

ABSTRACT In the Amazon, the rapid and disorderly occupation of large urban centers resulted in severe degradation of small rivers and streams, resulting in the reduction in abundance of native fish species. This study ai...

Surface water bodies receive a basin's wide diversity of pollutants, especially when there are mixed land uses. Among the many environmental tools to assess a body water quality, most studies use only a few. In addition ...

RESUMO O tiametoxam é um inseticida neonicotinóide usado em diversas culturas e classificado como perigoso para o meio ambiente.O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a toxicidade aguda do inseticida, por meio da ...

Subjects / keywords: ecotoxicology human toxicology, risk assessment, environmental exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, environmental chemistry, biostatistics; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences

As Bacias hidrográficas dos riosTarumã, São Raimundo e Educandos e seus afluentes estão sendo impactados, devido as influências antrópicas. Neste estudo foi realizada uma avaliação da toxicidade das águas destes...

The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac (DCF) threatens the health of aquatic animals and ecosystems. In the present study, different biological endpoints (mortality, development and growth, abnormalities, ca...

Agricultural expansion and intensification has led globally to a rapid landscape structure change and high agrochemical use resulting in habitat loss and degraded environmental quality. Co-occurrence of landscape change ...

ABSTRACT Amphibians are excellent bioindicators because they are sensitive to chemical pollution and can indicate ecosystem changes due to the presence of or exposure to chemical compounds. Here we report evidence of the...

Subjects / keywords: glyphosate; pollution; safe concentration; ecotoxicology; ecological risk assessment

En las últimas décadas se han desarrollado numerosas investigaciones con vistas a incrementar el control y la evaluación toxicológica de nuevos productos, así como el análisis del impacto de éstos en el medio. Los...

Los brasinoesteroides son sustancias de origen natural que poseen la capacidad de aumentar el rendimiento y la calidad de las cosechas. El Biobras-16 es un producto cubano análogo de brasinoesteroides que ha demostrado ...

Subjects / keywords: limnology, freshwater biology, aquatic ecology, ecotoxicology; Science: Biology (General): Ecology

Subjects / keywords: environmental contamination, human-induced pollution, ecotoxicology, pollution mitigation, sustainable practices, public health impact; Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Environmental pollution