Research Keyword: Ecotoxicology

Heavy Metal Poisoning and Its Impacts on the Conservation of Amazonian Parrots: An Interdisciplinary Review

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Amazonian parrots face a serious but often invisible threat from heavy metal poisoning caused by illegal mining, agriculture, and urban waste. These toxic metals accumulate in the birds’ bodies over their long lifespans, causing brain damage, kidney failure, and reproductive problems that threaten entire parrot populations. The review calls for urgent action including stopping illegal mining, cleaning contaminated areas, and protecting forests to ensure these important seed-dispersing birds survive.

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Current Insights into Sublethal Effects of Pesticides on Insects

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This comprehensive review examines how pesticides harm insects at doses that don’t immediately kill them. Sublethal pesticide exposure weakens insects’ immune systems, disrupts reproduction and development, and impairs critical behaviors like navigation, feeding, and learning. The research shows these effects vary by insect species, age, and exposure type, and that pesticide combinations can be far more harmful than individual chemicals alone.

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Pharmaceutical Pollution in Aquatic Environments: A Concise Review of Environmental Impacts and Bioremediation Systems

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Medications we take for health are ending up in our water supplies in significant amounts because standard water treatment plants cannot remove them effectively. These pharmaceutical residues are harming wildlife and aquatic ecosystems, causing problems like population declines in birds, developmental issues in fish, and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Scientists are developing new bioremediation technologies, particularly using fungi and mycoremediation, to better remove these drugs from wastewater before they reach our water bodies.

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