Commentary on Pesticide Toxicity

Molecular Mechanisms of Pesticide Toxicity

The environment represents a key contributor to human health and disease. Exposure to many environmental stressors such as pesticides have detrimental effects on health and are considered to contribute substantially to most diseases of major public health significance. Pesticide toxicity has been clearly demonstrated to alter a variety of physiological functions. In addition, evidence suggests ...

Pesticide Toxicity Index--a tool for assessing potential toxicity of pesticide mixtures to freshwater aquatic organisms.

Pesticide mixtures are common in streams with agricultural or urban influence in the watershed. The Pesticide Toxicity Index (PTI) is a screening tool to assess potential aquatic toxicity of complex pesticide mixtures by combining measures of pesticide exposure and acute toxicity in an additive toxic-unit model. The PTI is determined separately for fish, cladocerans, and benthic invertebrates. ...

Pesticide acute toxicity reference values for birds.

Pesticide toxicity and motor neuron disease.

Pesticide toxicity and the developing brain.

Organochlorine pesticides are used in some countries for malaria control and organophosphate pesticides are widely used in agriculture and in homes. Previous literature documents children's exposure to these chemicals both in utero and during development. Animal studies suggest that many of these chemicals are neurodevelopmental toxicants even in moderate doses, but there are few studies in hum...