Chlorpyrifos belongs to an organophosphate pesticides group that is frequently used increase the yield of crops by controlling plant and pests-related diseases. contaminates environment cause diseases human population. Molecularly imprinting technology lead development molecularly imprinted polymers having templated oriented cavities with high selectivity, sensitivity, stability, portability. O...

Dear Sir, I read the recent publication on the symptoms of organophosphate exposure with a great interest.[1] Rastogi et al. concluded that “Among all the neurologic self-reported symptoms, headache, watering in eyes, and burning sensation in eye/face were the most important clinical manifestations attributed to organophosphate (OP) pesticide exposure.”[1] I agree that various symptoms can be s...

This is the authors’ draft manuscript. Please cite the manuscript as Leong, K. H., Benjamin, T. L. L., Mustafa, M. A. (2007) Contamination levels of selected organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides in the Selangor river, Malaysia between 2002 to 2003. Chemosphere. 66: 11531159. The full version of the paper is available at the publisher’s website through the following link: http://www.sci...

Pesticides can increase productivity in agriculture. Excessive and uncontrolled use of pesticides pose a risk poisoning farmers. Decreased levels cholinesterase enzymes characterize poisoning. The duration spraying is an indicator that affect the enzyme. This study aimed to determine how long affects enzyme farmers who organophosphate pesticides. Examination using enzymatic test method. most co...

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Sales of cut-flowers depend much on the outer appearance of the flowers. They are not intended to be used as foodstuffs; thus, pesticides are used more liberally for cut flower growing than for other agricultural products. Flower production is often carried out in greenhouses; therefore, pesticide exposure seems to reach not only the person spraying the pesticides, but also the non-spraying wor...

We detected between 2 and 10 pesticides per person with novel sampling devices worn by 35 participants who were actively engaged in farming in Diender, Senegal. Participants were recruited to wear silicone wristbands for each of two separate periods of up to 5 days. Pesticide exposure profiles were highly individualized with only limited associations with demographic data. Using a 63-pesticide ...

OBJECTIVES To examine possible effects on blood pressure, neurological function, and neurobehavioral tests in school-aged children with and without prenatal pesticide exposure in an area where stunting is common. METHODS In a community of Northern Ecuador with intensive floriculture and a high female employment rate, we invited 79 children attending the 2 lowest grades of a public school for ...

Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are commonly used in the United States, and farmworkers are at risk for chronic exposure. Using a sample of 218 farmworkers in 24 communities and labor camps in eastern Washington State, we examined the association between agricultural crop and OP pesticide metabolite concentrations in urine samples of adult farmworkers and their children and OP pesticide residue...