Long-term Insecticide Use Found to Result in Neurologic Effects More Pesticide Dealers May Need to Register Illinois Aerial Applicators Ready for Action Six Pest Management Handbooks Available Pesticide Update
نویسندگان
چکیده
The following is a summary of a recent research publication entitled Neurologic Symptoms in Licensed Private Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study by Freya Kamel, Lawrence S. Engel, Beth C. Gladen, Jane A. Hoppin, Michael C.R. Alavanja, and Dale P. Sandler. The authors are scientists with the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The entire publication can be obtained at http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2005/7645/7645.pdf.
منابع مشابه
Neurologic Symptoms in Licensed Private Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
Exposure to high levels of many pesticides has both acute and long-term neurologic consequences, but little is known about the neurotoxicity of chronic exposure to moderate levels of pesticides. We analyzed cross-sectional data from 18,782 white male licensed private pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study in 1993-1997. Applicators provided information on lifetime pestic...
متن کاملتاثیر مصرف آفتکشها بر سلامت کشاورزان
Background: Pesticides are an extremely diverse group of substances with a wide potential for a variety of toxic effects. They are biocidal agents used to control a wide variety of organisms that pose a threat to health or compete for food or other materials. Selective toxicity for the target pest is the principle of pesticide use, but because organisms are similar at the cellular or subcellula...
متن کاملNeurological outcomes among pesticide applicators
The acute nervous system toxicity of organophosphate (OP) pesticides is well described. However, the reported long-term effects of OP pesticides on the nervous system are inconsistent. This inconsistency may be due to imprecise estimates of pesticide exposure, variability of central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) assessment, small samples, and poor control of confoundi...
متن کاملCropping Sequence and Rotation: Impact on Potato Production and Soil Condition
Cropping sequence and length of rotation play an important role in potato production. Too often, growers are forced to base their cropping system decisions on short-term economic survival. Our market-based economy rewards economic efficiency and has helped push the trend to larger farms with lower production costs. Improving economic efficiency, with large, specialized potato equipment, means f...
متن کاملEconomic and ecological perspectives of farmers on rice insect pest management
Understanding farmers’ perception is important in the development of sustainable and cost-effective integrated pest management strategies. Hence, farmers’ perception on rice insect pests and pesticide use was evaluated by selected 112 farmers composed of 77% males and 23% females, over the rice growing areas of North Cotabato, Central Mindanao, Philippines. 62% of farmers that were interviewed ...
متن کامل