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(En)gendering exposure: pregnant farmworkers and the inadequacy of pesticide notification
Journal of Political Ecology, 2018 In 2015, the EPA (USA) announced its intention to strengthen farmworker protections against pesticide exposure to include information on the hazards of pesticide exposure during pregnancy and how to reduce take-home exposure.
Madison Barbour, Julie Guthman
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An Assessment to Toxicological Risk of Pesticide Exposure [PDF]
, 2016 On the one hand, pesticides may be absorbed into the body orally, dermally, ocularly and by inhalation and the human exposure may be dietary, recreational and/or occupational where toxicity could be acute or chronic. On the other hand, the environmental fate and toxicity of the pesticide is contingent on the physico-chemical characteristics of ...
Cristina Coelho +4 more
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Environmental Health Perspectives, 2018 Background: Prenatal exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides has been linked with poorer neurodevelopment and behaviors related to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in previous studies, including in the Center for Health Assessment of Mothers and ...
S. Sagiv +8 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Pesticide Safety Miniposter: Pesticide Emergencies
EDIS, 2012 This poster introduces new pest control technicians to the general actions to be taken in the event of pesticide exposure. Technicians learn to recognize symptoms of exposure as they watch videos linked to the quick response (QR) codes on the poster. The
Rebecca W. Baldwin +4 more
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Combined Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Folic Acid Intake in Relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017 Background: Maternal folic acid (FA) protects against developmental toxicity from certain environmental chemicals. Objective: We examined combined exposures to maternal FA and pesticides in relation to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
R. Schmidt +11 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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Pesticide exposure and liver cancer: a review
Cancer Causes and Control, 2017 To review the epidemiologic literature examining pesticide exposure and liver cancer incidence. A search of the MEDLINE and Embase databases was conducted in October 2015.
T. VoPham +9 more
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, 2004 Includes bibliographical references.Runoff and spray-drift-related pesticide input are important sources of non pointsource pesticide pollution in surface waters but few studies have directly compared these routes in a risk assessment scenario ...
Dabrowski, James Michael
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Using a linked soil model emulator and unsaturated zone leaching model to account for preferential flow when assessing the spatially distributed risk of pesticide leaching to groundwater in England and Wales [PDF]
, 2004 Although macropore flow is recognized as an important process for the transport of pesticides through a wide range of soils, none of the existing spatially distributed methods for assessing the risk of pesticide leaching to groundwater account for ...
Dubus, Igor G. +3 more
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