Neonicotinoid Insecticide Residues and Toxicity Profiles

13 commercial neonicotinoid insecticides and their transformation products are reviewed for residues across water, soil, air, and food. The work by Chao Shen, updated in 2026, reports that 70.45% of transformation products show nontarget toxicity, and 27.24% simultaneously exhibit strong persistence, high mobility, and toxicity.

Use Cases

• Modeling environmental fate based on persistence and mobility data for halogenated neonicotinoids
• Assessing ecological risk based on toxicity profiles for nontarget organisms like bees and aquatic species
• Evaluating human exposure pathways based on residue data in vegetables, fruits, and animal-derived foods
• Designing sustainable agricultural chemicals based on the proposed framework for next-generation neonicotinoids

Strengths

• Covers 13 distinct commercial neonicotinoid insecticides and their transformation products
• Provides specific toxicity statistics, including that 70.45% of transformation products show nontarget toxicity
• Analyzes residues across multiple environmental compartments: water, soil, air, and various food types

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The 121.1 KB file size suggests a limited scope, likely a review summary rather than raw experimental data

Provenance

Source

Chao Shen

Collection Method

Likely contains a structured literature review and synthesis of published data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 05:14:22