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Increased risk of atherosclerosis associated with pesticide exposure in rural areas in Korea.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Atherosclerosis is a progressive inflammation in systemic vessels, and pesticide exposure has been emerging as its risk factor. This cross-sectional study investigated the association between pesticide exposure and the risk of atherosclerosis in a rural ...
Sungjin Park, Jung Ran Choi, Sung-Kyung Kim, Solam Lee, Kyungsuk Lee, Jang-Young Kim, Sung-Soo Oh, Sang-Baek Koh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Pesticide exposure contribute to the growing burden of non - communicable diseases in Tanzania

Scientific African, 2022
Pesticide exposure is becoming a public health concern in Tanzania. This review highlights the existing information on pesticide exposure, health effects, knowledge, and awareness on pesticide handling and management and in the current pesticide ...
Nicholaus Calista, Martin D. Haikael, Matemu O. Athanasia, Kassim Neema, Kimiywe Judith   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers' knowledge, practices and injuries associated with pesticide exposure in rural farming villages in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Pesticides in Tanzania are extensively used for pest control in agriculture. Their usage and unsafe handling practices may potentially result in high farmer exposures and adverse health effects.
Ngowi, Aiwerasia V, London, Leslie, Lekei, Elikana E, Elikana E Lekei, Leslie London, Aiwerasia V Ngowi   +5 more
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Modelling of pesticide exposure in ground and surface waters used for public water supply [PDF]

, 2014
Diffuse transfers of pesticides from agricultural land to ground and surface waters can lead to significant drinking water quality issues. This thesis describes the development and application of a parameter-efficient, numerical model to predict ...
Pullan, Stephanie
core   +3 more sources

Dermal Exposure Associated with Occupational End Use of Pesticides and the Role of Protective Measures

Safety and Health at Work, 2013
Background: Occupational end users of pesticides may experience bodily absorption of the pesticide products they use, risking possible health effects.
Ewan MacFarlane, Renee Carey, Tessa Keegel, Sonia El-Zaemay, Lin Fritschi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parkinsonism and occupational exposure to pesticides [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2001
OBJECTIVETo examine the risk of parkinsonism related to lifetime occupational exposure to pesticides among a cohort of men, mostly orchardists, in Washington State.METHODSAll 310 subjects in this study had previously participated in a cohort study of men occupationally exposed to pesticides. Subjects were given a structured neurological examination and
L S, Engel, H, Checkoway, M C, Keifer, N S, Seixas, W T, Longstreth, K C, Scott, K, Hudnell, W K, Anger, R, Camicioli   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding the Effects of Sublethal Pesticide Exposure on Honey Bees: A Role for Probiotics as Mediators of Environmental Stress

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Managed populations of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) support the production of a global food supply. This important role in modern agriculture has rendered honey bees vulnerable to the noxious effects of anthropogenic stressors such as ...
John Antonio Chmiel, Brendan A. Daisley, Andrew P Pitek, G. Thompson, G. Reid   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perinatal exposure to a dietary pesticide cocktail does not increase susceptibility to high-fat diet-induced metabolic perturbations at adulthood but modifies urinary and fecal metabolic fingerprints in C57Bl6/J mice

Environment International, 2020
Background: We recently demonstrated that chronic dietary exposure to a mixture of pesticides at low-doses induced sexually dimorphic obesogenic and diabetogenic effects in adult mice.
Lorraine Smith, Wendy Klément, Léonie Dopavogui, Frédéric de Bock, Frédéric Lasserre, Sharon Barretto, Céline Lukowicz, Anne Fougerat, Arnaud Polizzi, Benoist Schaal, Bruno Patris, Colette Denis, Guylène Feuillet, Cécile Canlet, Emilien L Jamin, Laurent Debrauwer, Laila Mselli-Lakhal, Nicolas Loiseau, Hervé Guillou, Nicola Marchi, Sandrine Ellero-Simatos, Laurence Gamet-Payrastre   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Microbiome Confer Multigenerational Host Resistance after Sub-toxic Pesticide Exposure.

Cell Host and Microbe, 2020
The gut is a first point of contact with ingested xenobiotics, where chemicals are metabolized directly by the host or microbiota. Atrazine is a widely used pesticide, but the role of the microbiome metabolism of this xenobiotic and the impact on host ...
Guan-Hong Wang, B. Berdy, Olivia Velasquez, N. Jovanović, S. Alkhalifa, K. Minbiole, Robert M. Brucker   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pesticide-related illness reported to and diagnosed in primary care: implications for surveillance of environmental causes of ill-health. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: In Great Britain (GB), data collected on pesticide associated illness focuses on acute episodes such as poisonings caused by misuse or abuse.
Vera Mann, Mann, Vera, Lesley Rushton, Rushton, Lesley, Mann Vera, Rushton Lesley   +5 more
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