survive relatively high temperatures (60° C.) ; this sublethal treatment produces a high frequency of mutations and unstable genes.

Scientists have come up with a promising way to help protect bees from deadly pesticides widely used in agriculture ...

Immunotoxicity, a form of sublethal toxicity, considers how chemicals may impact the immune system of an organism. Fish are regularly exposed to bacterial and other pathogens in their natural aquatic ...

Scientists may have found an antidote to pesticides that are directly and indirectly killing bees, according to a new paper ...

A novel pesticide thought to be a potential successor to banned neonicotinoids caused 100% mortality in mason bees in a ...

It has been shown that silymarin is as active as quercetin and dihydroquercetin, and more active than quercitrin, in terms of antiperoxidant activity, independent of the experimental model used to ...

Broadly, research has focused on the following potential causes: chemical contamination (including retinoids and endocrine disruptors), UV-B radiation, sublethal predation, and parasite infection. For ...

The results of most clinical trials with the thistle (Silybum marianum) extract, silymarin, are difficult to interpret because of a variety of reasons: small sample size, variability in type and ...

15, 2022 — New research has confirmed that a popular sport fish exposed to sublethal levels of crude oil and released back into the wild exhibits altered ...

Dr. Maria Sepúlveda’s main area of research is ecotoxicology. Over the last two decades, she has conducted extensive research evaluating the sublethal effects of a wide-range of environmental ...

They also found a number of sublethal effects. Seven days post-application, bees released into the pesticide-treated plants were less likely to start nesting, had lower survival rates, and were ...