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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A">Potential Risk to Pollinators from Nanotechnology-Based Pesticides<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/24/4458?fbclid=IwAR24Ve-BNsr6hmfc_B13l6JHVc-v_or67yRQphPqv22I1O3Apr25ogN5Fs4">https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/24/4458?fbclid=IwAR24Ve-BNsr6hmfc_B13l6JHVc-v_or67yRQphPqv22I1O3Apr25ogN5Fs4</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The decline in populations of insect pollinators is a global concern. While multiple factors are implicated, there is uncertainty surrounding the
contribution of certain groups of pesticides to losses in wild and managed bees. Nanotechnology-based pesticides (NBPs) are formulations based on multiple particle sizes and types. By packaging active ingredients in engineered particles, NBPs offer many benefits
and novel functions, but may also exhibit different properties in the environment when compared with older pesticide formulations. These new properties raise questions about the environmental disposition and fate of NBPs and their exposure to pollinators.
Pollinators such as honey bees have evolved structural adaptations to collect pollen, but also inadvertently gather other types of environmental particles which may accumulate in hive materials. Knowledge of the interaction between pollinators, NBPs, and other
types of particles is needed to better understand their exposure to pesticides, and essential for characterizing risk from diverse environmental contaminants. The present review discusses the properties, benefits and types of nanotechnology-based pesticides,
the propensity of bees to collect such particles and potential impacts on bee pollinators.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Louisa A. Hooven, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Professor, Senior Research / Instructor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Louisa.Hooven@oregonstate.edu">Louisa.Hooven@oregonstate.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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