Environmental Factors Affect Toxicity of Pesticides

摘要

Four of the most common mosquito pesticides used along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts show little risk to juvenile hard clams and oysters, according to a NOAA study. However, the study, published in the online journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, also determined that hypoxia and increased acidification actually increased how toxic some of the pesticides were. Such climate variables should be considered when using these pesticides in the coastal zone, the study concluded.