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A comparison of runoff- and spray-drift-related pesticide contamination in agricultural surface waters : exposure, effects and mitigation [PDF]

, 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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Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Childhood Leukemia – a California statewide case-control study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2020
Background A number of epidemiologic studies with a variety of exposure assessment approaches have implicated pesticides as risk factors for childhood cancers.
Andrew S Park, B. Ritz, Fei Yu, M. Cockburn, J. Heck   +4 more
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Exposure to multiple pesticides and neurobehavioral outcomes among smallholder farmers in Uganda

Environment International, 2021
Background: Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to single pesticide active ingredients or chemical groups is associated with adverse neurobehavioral outcomes in farmers.
Samuel Fuhrimann, Andrea Farnham, Philipp Staudacher, Aggrey Atuhaire, Tiziana Manfioletti, Charles B. Niwagaba, Sarah Namirembe, Jonathan Mugweri, Mirko S. Winkler, Lutzen Portengen, Hans Kromhout, Ana M. Mora   +11 more
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A systematic review of pesticide exposure, associated risks, and long-term human health impacts

Toxicology Reports
Pesticides are widely used to control pests, but their widespread use raises concerns regarding potential health risks for humans. There are several routes through which pesticides can be ingested, inhaled, and absorbed, resulting in acute and long-term ...
Chander Shekhar, Reetu Khosya, Kushal Thakur, Danish Mahajan, Rakesh Kumar, Sunil Kumar, A. Sharma   +6 more
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Pesticide exposure and sprayer design: ergonomics evaluation to reduce pesticide exposure

WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 2012
Plant protection products are used in agriculture to improve yields, but this use can cause contamination of the environment and is also likely to have adverse short and long term effects on agricultural workers. This poster describes a systems approach to reducing the risk of operator exposure to plant protection products through the introduction of ...
Grimbuhler, Sonia, Lambert, M., Nelson, J., Richardson, J.   +3 more
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Pesticide Exposure

, 2023
Applicator taking pesticide contaminated glove off to answer phone. Pesticide exposure from not washing hands before touching phone and outside of glove in contact with bare hand and ...

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Dermal Pesticide Exposure

, 2023
Applicator's hand reaches to open a pesticide container. He is not wearing gloves to open pesticide, risking exposure.

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Biomonitoring-Based Risk Assessment of Pyrethroid Exposure in the U.S. Population: Application of High-Throughput and Physiologically Based Kinetic Models

Toxics
Pyrethroid insecticides have been extensively utilized in agriculture and residential areas in the United States. This study evaluated the exposure risk by age using available biomonitoring data.
Nan-Hung Hsieh, Eric S. C. Kwok
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Pesticide exposure and increased breast cancer risk in women population studies.

Science of the Total Environment
Pesticide exposure is emerging as a risk factor for various human diseases. Breast cancer (BC) is a multifactorial disease with known genetic and non-genetic risk factors.
Carolina Panis, Bernardo Lemos
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Occupational pesticide exposure and the risk of death in patients with Parkinson’s disease: an observational study in southern Brazil

Environmental Health, 2020
Background Multiple studies have suggested that various pesticides are associated with a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease (PD) and may influence the progression of the disease. However, the evidence regarding the impact of pesticide exposure
Márcio Schneider Medeiros, Sumanth P. Reddy, Mariana P. Socal, A. Schumacher-Schuh, C. R. Mello Rieder   +4 more
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