Article
Environmental Sciences
Ibrahim El-Nahhal, Yasser El-Nahhal
Summary: The study highlights the presence of pesticide residues in drinking water samples from 31 countries, with a variety of insecticide, herbicide, and fungicide residues identified. Hazard indices exceeded one in many cases, indicating potential health risks to adults, children, and infants. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) proved effective in removing pesticide residues from water systems.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Siwei Miao, Yang Wei, Yi Pan, Yuanfeng Wang, Xinlin Wei
Summary: Due to its health benefits and cultural charm, tea drinking is increasingly popular. The safety of tea is crucial for the tea industry and consumers' health. Pesticides are used in tea gardens to ensure high quality and yield, but water-soluble pesticides pose a greater risk. This review summarizes the methods of detecting pesticide residues, examines their migration patterns and factors, analyzes the toxicity and safety, and proposes eco-friendly strategies for reducing risks and ensuring safety.
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Belen Poliserpi, Diego Sebastian Cristos, Julie Celine Brodeur
Summary: This study aimed to assess the risk posed by IMI seed coating to passerine birds in the Pampa Region of Argentina using grayish baywings as a model. The findings showed that baywings would need to forage an area of less than 60 m(2) to obtain the number of seeds required to reach the LD50 for most crops.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lena Barascou, Deborah Sene, Yves Le Conte, Cedric Alaux
Summary: Toxicological studies have found that honeybees' responses to pesticides can vary due to individual differences in pesticide sensitivity and exposure. This study focused on the risk of pesticides to nurse and forager bees, which have different physiological backgrounds. The results showed that forager bees were more sensitive to sulfoxaflor compared to nurse bees, potentially due to differences in body weight. Additionally, foragers consumed more sugar syrup, especially when it was contaminated with pesticides. The study suggests that forager bees should be included in regulatory tests to ensure accurate assessment of pesticide risks to honeybees.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Erica Arango, Maria Nogal, Ming Yang, Helder S. Sousa, Mark G. Stewart, Jose C. Matos
Summary: The severe effects of recent extreme wildfire events have shown that simply suppressing fires is not enough. Instead, it is important to accept the inevitability of wildfire hazards and focus on building resilient systems. However, existing decision-making tools based on resilience have significant drawbacks. This paper proposes a new approach and methodology for assessing the resilience of road traffic networks to wildfires, addressing these drawbacks and considering the different functions of the system under various wildfire conditions. The methodology is demonstrated on five traffic networks and highlights the importance of appropriate wildfire management for enhancing the capacity of traffic networks to cope with wildfires.
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY
(2023)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Anamika Sharma, Kirty Pant, Dilpreet Singh Brar, Avinash Thakur, Vikas Nanda
Summary: Despite being considered a 'superfood', Api-products (Honeybee-derived products) have been found to contain toxic heavy metals, pathogens, antibiotics, and pesticide residues. This study extensively examines and maps the contaminants in Api-products, highlighting their associated health hazards. The findings reveal the presence of dangerous components such as heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic), pesticides (bifen-thrin, triadimefon, lambda-cyhalothrin, chlorpyrifos), antibiotics, and pathogens (C. botulinum, Bacillus spp., Zygosaccharomyces, Aspergillus spp.). The paper emphasizes the need for global safety regulations for Api-products.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zihan Wang, Fengjian Luo, Mingming Guo, Jiawei Yu, Li Zhou, Xinzhong Zhang, Hezhi Sun, Mei Yang, Zhengyun Lou, Zongmao Chen, Xinru Wang
Summary: In this study, the metabolites of tolfenpyrad (TFP) in tea plants were identified and the transfer of TFP and its metabolites from tea bushes to consumption was studied for a comprehensive risk assessment. Four metabolites were identified and the dissipation and trends of TFP and its metabolites were examined during tea processing. The results showed that PT-CA posed a greater potential risk than TFP to tea consumers, suggesting the need to consider the sum of TFP and PT-CA residues as the maximum residual limit (MRL) in tea.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
Patrice Koehl, Marc Delarue, Henri Orland
Summary: Optimal transport (OT) is a discipline offering solutions to various theoretical problems in probability and mathematics, with applications in imaging sciences, machine learning, and data sciences. The traditional OT problem has limitations, such as requiring normalized distributions with the same total mass. This paper introduces a generalized approach to OT, referred to as the discrete variable-mass optimal-transport (VMOT) problem, using techniques from statistical physics and proving its effectiveness by demonstrating its competitive time complexity and applications in shape-matching.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Y. Li, Y. H. Wang, Q. H. Wu, X. B. Gu
Summary: The risk assessment of landslide hazards is significant for ensuring people's safety and property. A model based on variable fuzzy set theory was developed to evaluate landslide hazards, and it was applied to assess the hazards in a specific region in China. The results showed that the proposed model produced consistent and accurate results, with an accuracy rate of 83%. This study presents a new approach for assessing landslide hazards in the future.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Valerio Orioli, Alessandra Caffi, Flavio Marchetto, Olivia Dondina, Luciano Bani
Summary: The European Pesticide Registration requires a risk assessment for nontarget organisms according to EU Regulation. European Authorities have developed Guidance Documents for risk assessment using exposure scenarios for required organisms typical for terrestrial crops. An analytical framework was developed to calculate species frequency and tested in a portion of the largest rice-cultivated area of Europe.
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jose M. Moratalla, S. R. Uma
Summary: Natural hazard events, such as earthquakes, can cause cascading damage to road networks. Understanding the impact of hazards on road accessibility is crucial for disaster response and recovery planning. This study proposes a comprehensive approach to model hazards and the response of road network components. It uses a probabilistic framework to evaluate road accessibility, considering the uncertainty in hazard events and the damage to road assets. The method has been demonstrated for the road infrastructure of Napier City, New Zealand, and provides useful resources for resilience planning.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amelie Schmolke, Nika Galic, Max Feken, Helen Thompson, Fabio Sgolastra, Theresa Pitts-Singer, Charlotte Elston, Tobias Pamminger, Silvia Hinarejos
Summary: This study used the vulnerability concept to assess pesticide risk in 10 bee species, including honey bees, bumble bees, and solitary bees. The results indicated that non-Apis bees may be more vulnerable to pesticides than honey bees, highlighting the need for further research to identify suitable surrogate species for higher tier bee risk assessments.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ramona M. Cech, Suzanne Jovanovic, Susan Kegley, Koen Hertoge, Friedrich Leisch, Johann G. Zaller
Summary: The use of herbicides in Austria has decreased, but potential toxic risks to non-target organisms and humans still exist. The shift towards more acutely toxic and persistent active ingredients has led to increased toxic loads on honeybees, earthworms, and birds.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Julie C. Brodeur, Gisela L. Poletta, M. Fernanda Simoniello, Pedro Carriquiriborde, Diego S. Cristos, Nestor Pautasso, Enrique Paravani, M. Belen Poliserpi, M. Florencia D'Andrea, Patricia V. Gonzalez, Viviana Lopez Aca, Alejandro E. Curto
Summary: The study evaluated the safety of fish farms in agricultural settings by growing Piaractus mesopotamicus in a pond, revealing the presence of pesticide residues in fish bodies which affected their physiology and health. Fish from the agricultural pond showed significantly higher DNA damage levels, as well as decreased levels of hemoglobin and other physiological indicators.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephane Pesce, Laure Mamy, Anne-Laure Achard, Morgane Le Gall, Sophie Le Perchec, Olivier Rechauchere, Anais Tibi, Sophie Leenhardt, Wilfried Sanchez
Summary: The protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services are crucial for achieving sustainable development goals. Collective Scientific Assessments are important tools to integrate the latest scientific knowledge and provide reliable information for decision-makers and policymakers.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
