Farmers, policy makers, and other stakeholders seek tools to quantitatively assess pesticide risks for mitigating pesticide impacts on ecosystem and human health. This paper presents the Pesticide Use Risk Evaluation (PURE) decision support system (DSS) for evaluating site-specific pesticide risks to surface water, groundwater, soil, and air across pesticide active ingredient (AI), pesticide pr...

We investigated the endocrine-disrupting actions of the organophosphorus pesticide fenthion and related compounds and the influence of metabolic transformation on the activities of these compounds. Fenthion acted as an antagonist of the androgenic activity of dihydrotestosterone (10(-7)M) in the concentration range of 10(-6)-10(-4)M in an androgen-responsive element-luciferase reporter-responsi...

Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder particularly characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Pesticide exposure has been associated with PD occurrence, and we previously reported that the fungicide benomyl interferes with several cellular processes potentially relevant to PD pathogenesis. Here we propose that benomyl, via its bioactivated thioca...

Pesticide exposure is one of the most important occupational risks in Thailand. A specific community based participatory model to reduce pesticide risk behaviors among rubber farmers in the Southern of Thailand remains limited. The study objectives were: (1) to develop community based participatory model to reduce pesticide risk behaviors among rubber farmers; and (2) to evaluate their knowledg...

The importance of " judicious use of language in regard to public communication of pesticide health risks " (Lu et al. 2006b) is clearly recognized and acknowledged in recent letters from Avery (2006) and Lu et al. (2006b). Their correspondence concerned perceptions of risk conveyed by the article " Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children's Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorous Pesticides, "...

AIM This study assesses the association between pesticide exposure in pregnancy, preterm birth (PTB) and shortened gestation. METHODS Pregnancy information was abstracted from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Non-Public Use Natality Datasets 1990-2005. Pesticide use in maternal county of residence was calculated using California Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) data 1990-2005. Counties were...

background: pesticides are essential in modern agricultural practices but due to their biocide activity and potential risk to the consumer, the control of pesticide residues in foods is a growing source of concern for the general population. extensive application of such agents as organochlorine pesticides in farmlands and contemporary agricultural industries has led to undesired environmental ...

background: it has been shown that zinc has an effect on physiological responses in animals and birds. on the other hand, dietary phytase in poultry results in increased availability of zinc. objectives: this study was conducted to investigate the effects of zinc oxide (zno) and escherichia coli-derived 6-phytase supplemented diets on the plasma metabolites and enzyme activities of broiler bree...

metabolize diazoxon and chlorpyrifos oxon than their mothers (Furlong et al. 2006). To further support the concern for children indicated by our quantitative risk assessment, we cited toxicologic studies establishing that in addition to chloinesterase inhibition, on which the NOAEL for chlorpyrifos is established, chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos oxon have other neurodevelopmental toxicity mechani...

background: migrant farmworkers are prone to several psychosocial stressors. objective: to investigate the effect of perceived psychosocial factors on pesticide exposure among seasonal migrant hispanic farmworkers in north carolina, usa. methods: a cross-sectional interview survey of 187 seasonal migrant farmworkers of mexican descent, identified from labor camps located in rural counties in no...