Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments

20/06/2013 06:11

by Bettina Hennebach
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2013
The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report in the Proceedings of the US Academy of Sciences (PNAS). [Read more] ...