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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems.

Lennard Pisa, Dave Goulson, En-Cheng Yang, David Gibbons, Francisco Sánchez-Bayo, Edward Mitchell, Alexandre Aebi, Jeroen van der Sluijs, Chris J K MacQuarrie, Chiara Giorio and 4 more

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
23.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 299 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 10 institutions in 10 countries.

Lennard PisaUtrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Dave GoulsonSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK.
En-Cheng YangDepartment of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
David GibbonsRSPB Centre for Conservation of Science, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK.
Francisco Sánchez-BayoSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Eveleigh, NSW, 2015, Australia.
Edward MitchellLaboratory of Soil Biodiversity, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Alexandre AebiLaboratory of Soil Biodiversity, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Jeroen van der SluijsCentre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen, Postboks 7805, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
Chris J K MacQuarrieNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, 1219 Queen St. East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2E5, Canada.
Chiara GiorioAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France.
Elizabeth Yim LongDepartment of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA.
Melanie McFieldSmithsonian Institution, 701 Seaway Drive Fort Pierce, Florida, 34949, USA.
Maarten Bijleveld van LexmondTask Force on Systemic Pesticides, Pertuis-du-Sault, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Jean-Marc BonmatinCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071, Orléans, France. bonmatin@cnrs-orleans.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-0460
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Neuchâtel · CHUtrecht University · NLCanadian Forest Service · CANational Taiwan University · TWRoyal Society for the Protection of Birds · GBSmithsonian Institution · USThe Ohio State University · USThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Sussex · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New information on the lethal and sublethal effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on organisms is presented in this review, complementing the previous Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) in 2015. The high toxicity of these systemic insecticides to invertebrates has been confirmed and expanded to include more species and compounds. Most of the recent research has focused on bees and the sublethal and ecological impacts these insecticides have on pollinators. Toxic effects on other invertebrate taxa also covered predatory and parasitoid natural enemies and aquatic arthropods. Little new information has been gathered on soil organisms. The impact on marine and coastal ecosystems is still largely uncharted. The chronic lethality of neonicotinoids to insects and crustaceans, and the strengthened evidence that these chemicals also impair the immune system and reproduction, highlights the dangers of this particular insecticidal class (neonicotinoids and fipronil), with the potential to greatly decrease populations of arthropods in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. Sublethal effects on fish, reptiles, frogs, birds, and mammals are also reported, showing a better understanding of the mechanisms of toxicity of these insecticides in vertebrates and their deleterious impacts on growth, reproduction, and neurobehaviour of most of the species tested. This review concludes with a summary of impacts on the ecosystem services and functioning, particularly on pollination, soil biota, and aquatic invertebrate communities, thus reinforcing the previous WIA conclusions (van der Sluijs et al. 2015).

Indexed as

InsecticidesAnimalsBeesEcosystemInvertebratesNeonicotinoidsNitro CompoundsPollinationInsecticidesNeonicotinoidsNitro CompoundsAquatic organismsEcosystem servicesFipronilInsectsNeonicotinoidsPollinatorsReviewSoil biotaSystemic insecticidesVertebrates

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PMID29124633
PMCPMC7921077
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