among several pests of rice as one of the main agricultural products in iran, rice borer, chilo suppressalis is one of the most important pests of this crop. use of pesticides coincided with the occurrence of this pest in the northern region of iran in 1972. at present in order to control this pest, more than 12000 tones of pesticides granules are used annually. ecological effects of pesticides...

We previously showed that potential prenatal exposure to agricultural pesticides was associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in children, yet the effects of joint exposure to multiple pesticides is poorly understood. In this paper, we investigate associations between the joint distribution of agricultural use patterns of multiple pesticides (denoted as "pesticide profiles") applied ...

1. In 2005, following a request from Alun Michael, then Minister for Rural Affairs and Local Environmental Quality, the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) published a report on the assessment of human health risks associated with the use of agricultural pesticides. The report set out concerns of the RCEP regarding the exposure of bystanders and residents to agricultural pesticides.

Pesticides are essential for agricultural and horticultural crops production. Pesticides are commonly classified as insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, rodenticide, etc. These pesticides act against insects, rodents, weeds which are harmful in agricultural or horticultural planting. Normally, farmers use the pesticides following the instruction written in the package. In most cases, the pesticid...

BACKGROUND agricultural pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in the developing world, killing at least 250,000-370,000 people each year. Targeted pesticide restrictions in Sri Lanka over the last 20 years have reduced pesticide deaths by 50% without decreasing agricultural output. However, regulatory decisions have thus far not been based on the human toxicity of formulated agri...