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A Paper-Based Analytical Device for Analysis of Paraquat in Urine and Its Validation with Optical-Based Approaches

Diagnostics, 2020
Paraquat is a highly toxic herbicide. Paraquat poisoning is often fatal and is an important public health threat in many places. The quick identification and timely initiation of treatment based on timely analysis of the paraquat concentration in urine ...
Tse-Yao Wang, Yi-Tzu Lee, Hsien-Yi Chen, Cheng-Hao Ko, Chi-Tsung Hong, Jyun-Wei Wen, Tzung-Hai Yen, Chao-Min Cheng   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of patient survival in cases of acute paraquat poisoning. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Paraquat concentration-time data have been used to predict the clinical outcome following ingestion. However, these studies have included only small populations, although paraquat poisoning has a very high mortality rate. The purpose of this study was to
Sae-Yong Hong, Ji-Sung Lee, In O Sun, Kwang-Young Lee, Hyo-Wook Gil   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Efeito de xenobióticos em meios aquáticos: aplicação ao 3º ciclo [PDF]

, 2006
Mestrado em Ensino de Geologia e BiologiaA contaminação de sistemas aquáticos deve-se não só a causas naturais mas sobretudo a actividades humanas, como sejam, as descargas de efluentes domésticos ou industriais, a lixiviação e escorrência de ...
Oliveira, Joana Isabel Branco de
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MANF inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome activation by competitively binding to DDX3X in paraquat-stimulated alveolar macrophages

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages is involved in paraquat-induced acute lung injury (ALI). MANF exerts an inhibitory effect against inflammation and cell death.
Yi Pu, Siying Han, Jie Chen, Zhenning Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pesticide Supply Chains From China to Australia: Examining Paraquat Amid the Global Pesticide Complex

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following recent calls to deepen understanding of the Global Pesticide Complex, this article delves into the China‐to‐Australia supply chain of a single herbicide—paraquat. First released in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, acutely toxic paraquat is now primarily produced in China.
Sarah Rogers, Yue Zhao, Sonia Graham, Brooke Wilmsen, Ju‐Han Zoe Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

UJI DEGRADASI PARAQUAT OLEH KAPANG YANG DIISOLASI DARI TANAH PERKEBUNAN TERPAPAR PARAQUAT [PDF]

, 2016
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan kapang indigenous pendegradasi paraquat pada tanah perkebunan terpapar herbisida paraquat, mengetahui pengaruh jenis isolat kapang terhadap biomassa, mengetahui pengaruh variasi konsentrasi paraquat terhadap ...
Azmi Prasasti, 081314153015
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Intoxicación pediátrica por Paraquat: presentación de caso, Hospital Infantil Dr. Robert Reid Cabral (HIRRC), República Dominicana

Ciencia y Salud, 2019
Introducción: el paraquat (dicloruro de 1,1’-dimetil-4,4’-bipiridilo) es un químico tóxico utilizado mundialmente como herbicida. La etiología de la intoxicación por paraquat se debe en su mayoría a la ingestión suicida.
Cristina Contreras, Lisandra Corona, Norys Domínguez, Miguel Mejía Sang   +3 more
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Knowledge Work as a Condition of Accumulation in the Pesticide Industry: Syngenta's Defence of Paraquat

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What do pesticide companies do to keep their products on the market despite strong societal and scientific critiques of their environmental and health risks? This paper examines the herbicide paraquat, one of the most controversial pesticides, from the early 1960s to the present.
Kees Jansen
wiley   +1 more source

Screening for Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) Resistance in Early‐Maturing Tropical Maize Adapted to Sub‐Saharan Africa

Plant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fall armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith) has emerged as a serious pest since 2016 in Africa, affecting the food security and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, especially those growing maize. Native genetic resistance to FAW is essential for reducing yield loss.
Adamu Masari Abubakar, Idris Ishola Adejumobi, Muhyideen Oyekunle, Tegawende Odette Bonkoungou, Usman Muhammad, Onehireba Udah, Baffour Badu‐Apraku   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source