Common pesticides disrupt critical ecological interactions.

Trends Ecol Evol

Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada; Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.

Published: March 2023

Critical ecological interactions can be disrupted by pesticides, leading to serious ecosystem and economic harm. For the most part, however, the extent and magnitude of these impacts are unknown. We argue for increased investigation of ecosystem impacts of common pesticides by scientists and scrutiny by regulators.

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