Pesticides are used extensively in agricultural lands in Northern provinces of Iran which makes river ecosystems more vulnerable to pesticides pollution. This study was conducted in three river estuaries (Babolrud, Tajanrud and Gorganrud), focusing mainly on the concentration levels of organophosphate pesticides (diazinon, malathion, azinphos-methyl) in the muscle tissue of golden mullet fish, ...

A kinetic study of the degradation of phosalone in an alkaline medium was undertaken by using a pneumatic stopped-flow system. A rapid semiautomatic method is proposed for determining phosalone. Linear calibration graphs up to 8.0 x 10(-5) M (detection limit = 1.40 x 10(-6) M) were obtained, with a measurement period of only 3.5 s per sample and a relative standard deviation of 1.4%. Several pe...

The efficiency of insecticides with different activity mechanisms in the control of codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.) was examined in three-year field trials, at the locality of Bela Crkva in Serbia. In the control of this pest, chlorantraniliprole and the combination of chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin exhibited the highest level of efficiency (up to 98.8% and 97.6%, respectively). Insect growth ...

Our understanding of the health risks of farmworkers exposed to pesticides in their work and home environments is rapidly increasing, although studies designed to examine the possible neurobehavioral effects of low-level chronic pesticide exposure are limited. We measured dialkyl phosphate urinary metabolite levels, collected environmental dust samples from a subset of homes, obtained informati...