The industrialization of the agricultural sector has increased the chemical burden on natural
ecosystems. Pesticides are agrochemicals used in agricultural lands, public health …

Pesticides, a wide class of environmental contaminants, may cause both acute and delayed
health effects in exposed subjects. These effects can range from simple irritation of the skin …

Now a days, agroecosystem is largely dependent on pesticides to meet the ever-increasing
demand of food and fiber. Tons of synthetic pesticides are deposited to increase the yield …

Information on dissipation kinetics of pesticides in food crops and other plants is a key
aspect in current risk and impact assessment practice. This is because human exposure to …

Health impacts from pesticide use are of continuous concern in the European population,
requiring a constant evaluation of European pesticide policy. However, health impacts have …

Pyrethroids are a class of insecticides structurally similar to that of natural pyrethrins. The
application of pyrethrins in agriculture and pest control lead to many kinds of environmental …

Organic contaminants (OCs) are increasingly being reported in African aquatic systems, yet
a critical evaluation of the literature is still lacking. The objectives of this review were to:(1) …

Despite the connections between soils and human health, there has not been a great
amount of attention focused on this area when compared to many other fields of scientific …

Background. There are frequent reports of unsafe pesticide use in many parts of Africa.
Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa with around 80% of the population still …

There has been a steep increase in the prevalence of dementia in recent decades, which
has roughly followed an increase in pesticide use some decades earlier, a time when it is …