Pesticides including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs), and nitrogen-containing herbicides are types of well-known environmental contaminants. Pesticides are generally categorized based upon their persistence in the environment. Organochlorine pesticides are considered persistent pesticides. These pesticides have long environmental half-lives and tend to bioac...

Pesticides are the natural or synthetic agents designed to kill all types of pests. used in different fields like agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, food industry etc. Due its gross use these pesticides threaten public health and ecosystem. Classification done according various criteria toxicity hazardous effects, purpose, chemical composition, mode action, how when it works, formulations, sou...

reason instead of false perceptions and hysteria. Any rational approach to pesticide use should include a risk-benefit comparison. Pesticides, by nature, are risky, but their benefits are real and easily taken for granted. For example, some people want a total ban of pesticides, but they must be ready to accept termites in their houses, fleas in their carpets, moldy vegetables, food-borne toxin...

This study aims to review agricultural pesticide usage and trends and to identify hazardous pesticides for regulation, in terms of public health, in South Korea. The authors collected data on usage and trends of agricultural pesticides through agriculture-related databases. Criteria from the US Environmental Protection Agency classification for carcinogenicity, World Health Organization classif...