Toxicity of the acetamiprid insecticide for mammals: a review

A year-long study of the occurrence and risk of over 140 contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater influent, effluent and receiving waters in the Republic of Ireland

“…The reasons behind their increased frequency and/or concentration in effluent are unclear, but perhaps could be due to a decrease in matrix interference inhibiting reliable trace measurement (particularly for propamocarb) or potential metabolite transformation to the parent molecule during wastewater treatment, especially for unstable conjugates. Acetamiprid, however, has been shown to metabolise to N-desmethyl-acetamiprid and has been detected in human urine samples where no known source of exposure to acetamiprid itself (Ichikawa et al, 2019;Phogat et al, 2022;Ueyama et al, 2020). Using BioTransformer 3.0, N-glucuronidation of acetamiprid was predicted to occur via CYP450 enzymes in human Phase II metabolism and in the human gut.…”

Novel Pilot-Scale Photocatalytic Nanofiltration Reactor for Agricultural Wastewater Treatment

“…Focusing on pesticides as target pollutants, the neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid (ACT) and the azole fungicide thiabendazole (TBZ) are very common substances, frequently used on Spanish and Greek fruit crops. Even if ACT and TBZ are allowed from the EU legislations without restrictions [ 11 , 12 , 13 ], many studies claim that they are suspicious for toxicity effects on mammals, bacteria, or fish after chronic exposure or in combination with other pesticides [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. For this reason, the efficient agro-industrial wastewater treatment, the complete elimination of these pesticides and the safe disposal of the effluents is of great importance, in order to avoid any environmental threat.…”

Fabricating Network-Link Acetamiprid-Loading Micelles Based on Dopamine-Functionalized Alginate and Alkyl Polyglucoside To Enhance Folia Deposition and Retention

“…Unlike most pesticides used, acetamidine is effective on pests with antibodies to organophosphorus and carbamate reagents. Therefore, it is widely used as a substitute for organophosphorus and carbamate to control pests. , Recently, bioadhesive materials have been considered as one of the most promising materials for designing pesticide delivery systems. Natural mussel-inspired adhesive dopamine materials have been used in many fields, where catechol groups play a major role in adhesion to the material surface. , Moreover, many studies have shown that the adhesion of sodium alginate was obtained by grafting dopamine to sodium alginate. − It is noteworthy that many dopamine bioadhesive materials encapsulating pesticides showed excellent adhesive performance on crop foliage and enhanced pesticide retention time. , Alkyl polyglucoside (APG) is a mild nonionic surfactant with low irritation, nontoxicity, and easy degradability .…”

“…Therefore, it is widely used as a substitute for organophosphorus and carbamate to control pests. 21,22 Recently, bioadhesive materials have been considered as one of the most promising materials for designing pesticide delivery systems. Natural mussel-inspired adhesive dopamine materials have been used in many fields, where catechol groups play a major role in adhesion to the material surface.…”