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Cancer Causes & Control, 1997 Epidemiologic evidence on the relationship between chemical pesticides and cancer is reviewed. In animal studies, many pesticides are carcinogenic, (e.g., organochlorines, creosote, and sulfallate) while others (notably, the organochlorines DDT, chlordane, and lindane) are tumor promoters. Some contaminants in commercial pesticide formulations also may
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Pesticides and the Pesticide Industry
BioScience, 1964wide for controlling disease-transmitting pests and also reducing populations of nuisance pests. Practically every authority who has studied the use of pesticides has concluded that they are essential for production of food and protection of public health. Why then has there been so much public and private furor recently over the use of pesticides? Why
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Nanoencapsulation, Nano-guard for Pesticides: A New Window for Safe Application.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2016The application of nanotechnology in pesticide delivery is relatively new and in the early stages of development. This technology aims to reduce the indiscriminate use of conventional pesticides and ensure their safe application.
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Human Toxicology, 1988
1 Chemical treatment of crops is essential not only to reduce losses but also to prevent certain food related diseases. 2 Pesticides, unlike many other compounds, are designed to kill higher organisms and thus pose special toxicological problems. 3 It is important to understand the mechanism of action of the pesticide in the target organism in order
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1 Chemical treatment of crops is essential not only to reduce losses but also to prevent certain food related diseases. 2 Pesticides, unlike many other compounds, are designed to kill higher organisms and thus pose special toxicological problems. 3 It is important to understand the mechanism of action of the pesticide in the target organism in order
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Toxicity, monitoring and biodegradation of organophosphate pesticides: A review
Critical reviews in environmental science and technology, 2019Organophosphates are one of the major constituent of herbicides, pesticides, insecticides and nerve gas. Azinophos-methyl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, fonofos and disulfoton are well-known organophosphate pesticides (OPs) having extensive applications in ...
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Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review
Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part B - Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes, 2020In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to ...
Andreia Garcês, I. Pires, P. Rodrigues
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Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies, 2019
Indiscriminate use of different pesticides in agriculture has increased over the years, especially in the developing countries. This influences the aquatic environment to a great extent.
Garima Harit
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Indiscriminate use of different pesticides in agriculture has increased over the years, especially in the developing countries. This influences the aquatic environment to a great extent.
Garima Harit
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Potential Utility of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Platform for Sensing Pesticides.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2018The progress in modern agricultural practices could not have been realized without the large-scale contribution of assorted pesticides (e.g., organophosphates and nonorganophosphates).
Kumar Vikrant +5 more
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Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture
, 2018Introduction Section A. Botanical Pesticides against Insects Section B. Botanical Pesticides against Nematodes Section C. Botanical Pesticides against Mites, Rodents and Molluscan Pests Section D.
A. Prakash, J. Rao
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Pesticide Regulation and Pesticide Prices
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2005Pesticides are an increasingly important input in crop production. In North America there has been a longstanding concern by farmers in close proximity to the Canada–U.S. border that either differences in access to compounds or price differentials adversely affect competitive positions.
Cameron Short, David Freshwater
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