Browsing Civil Engineering (Scholarly Articles) by Author "McGinley, J."

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    • Impact of historical legacy pesticides on achieving legislative goals in Europe 

      McGinley, J.; Healy, Mark G.; Ryan, P. C.; O'Driscoll, Harmon; Mellander, P. E.; Morrison, L.; Siggins, A. (Elsevier, 2023-02-26)
      Pesticides are widely used in agriculture to optimise food production. However, the movement of pesticides into water bodies negatively impacts aquatic environments. The European Union (EU) aims to make food systems fair, ...

    • A risk ranking of pesticides in Irish drinking water considering chronic health effects. 

      Harmon O Driscoll, J.; Siggins, A.; Healy, Mark G.; McGinley, J.; Mellander, P. E.; Morrison, L.; Ryan, P.C. (Elsevier, 2022-03-17)
      This paper presents a novel scoring system which facilitates a relative ranking of pesticide risk to human health arising from contaminated drinking water. This method was developed to identify risky pesticides to better ...