Residues of currently used pesticides in soils and earthworms: A silent threat?

•Thirty-one pesticide residues were analyzed in 180 agricultural topsoils and 155 earthworms.•The soils (100 %) and earthworms (92 %) contained at least one pesticide.•Both treated fields and nontreated seminatural habitats were contaminated.•A greater number and higher concentrations of pesticides were found in treated areas.•The initial predicted environmental concentrations in soils were exceeded in 22 % of the soils.•A high risk of pesticide mixtures to earthworms was predicted in 46 % of cases.