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Mottes, Charles+9 more
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Evaluating health risks from occupational exposure to pesticides and the regulatory response. [PDF]
In this study, we used measurements of occupational exposures to pesticides in agriculture to evaluate health risks and analyzed how the federal regulatory program is addressing these risks.
Bois, FY, Kyle, AD, Woodruff, TJ
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Over 300,000 people die each year from pesticide poisoning. Most result from self-poisoning by ingestion, rather than occupational or accidental exposures which are typically topical or inhalational. Severe pesticide poisoning is more common in the rural developing world where pesticides are widely used in smallholder agricultural practice and ...
Michael Eddleston, D. Nicholas Bateman
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Insecticide Effects on Normal Development and Hatch of Embryos of \u3ci\u3eParatanytarsus Parthenogeneticus\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Chironomidae) [PDF]
Simple, low cost methods are needed to determine the effect of pesticides on non-target aquatic organisms. In this report, embryos of Paratanytarsus parthenogenetic us were exposed from deposition to hatch to five pesticides.
Anderson, Richard L, Shubat, Pam
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Effects of reduced-risk pesticides and plant growth regulators on rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) adults [PDF]
Citation: Echegaray, Erik R., and Raymond A. Cloyd. 2012. “Effects of Reduced-Risk Pesticides and Plant Growth Regulators on Rove Beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Adults.” Journal of Economic Entomology 105 (6): 2097–2106.
Cloyd, Raymond A., Echegaray, Erik R.
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Pesticide distribution and use in vegetable production in the Red River Delta of Vietnam [PDF]
For a long time pesticides attracted interest from the Vietnamese governments and farmers for their positive effects in protecting crop yield losses resulting from pests and other plant diseases.
Brink, P.J., van den+3 more
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Analysis of pesticide residues is very important to enforce legislation and guarantee food safety. The correct use of pesticides is still crucial in agriculture because they provide spectacular increases in crop yields and ensure global demand for grain.
Andreu Pérez, V., Picó, Yolanda
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Effects of Nanoparticles on Double-Stranded RNA Stability in Corn Soil [PDF]
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) can potentially be used as a pesticide because these molecules trigger an immune response called RNA interference (RNAi). If the expression of essential genes matching the dsRNA sequence are silenced, then the pest dies.
Reyanldo, Miriam+7 more
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Pesticides Handling Practices Among Potato Growers in Kavrepalanchok, Nepal [PDF]
The rate of pesticide application in the agricultural field is surging. Farmers are getting exposed to pesticide hazards from the misuse and unsafe handling of pesticides.
Katuwal, K. (Krishna)+3 more
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Plant Biomarker Pattern, Apples grown with various availability of organic nitrogen and with or witout the use of pesticides [PDF]
In the recent years there has been an increasing focus on the quality and health value of organic plant products compared with conventional products.
Andersen, Jan Buch+8 more
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