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Effects of pesticide use in agriculture and its impact on human health

Authors: Shailaja K;

Effects of pesticide use in agriculture and its impact on human health

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Abstract Going by the characterization of pesticides, they are chemical substances that are made use of to eliminate animals, insects, plant and fungal bugs in cultivation, at home as well as in institutions. Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the various aspects of pesticide use in agriculture and to study the effect of pesticides use in agriculture on human health. Agricultural community was taken for this study and areas were randomly chosen. All farmers, both men and women were interviewed if they were working in an agricultural field. The most commonly used pesticides according to the sprayers were Rogar/Dimethoate (55%), Ekalux/Qunalphos (49.4 %), Endosulphan (48.5%) and Monocrotophos (45.9%). While pesticides were sprayed, non sprayers (40.1%), including women (19.3%) continued to work in the same field, which exposed them to pesticides (Table 5). Time of reference for the non-sprayers was while working in the field during or after pesticide spraying. These signs and symptoms were reported by a large number of sprayers. 373 sprayers (86.1%) and 156 (78.8%) of non-sprayers reported at least one of these signs and symptoms. Key words: Pesticides, Monocrotophos, Endosulphan, Health, Ekalux, Agriculture. References [1] Horrigan L, Lawrence RS, Walker P. How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human heath harms of industrial agriculture. Environ Health Perspect. 2002. 110(5): 445-456. [2] Gupta P K. Pesticide exposure – Indian scene. Toxicology. 2004. 198: 3-90. [3] Goverment of India. Tenth five-year plan: 2002-2007. Planning Commission of India, New Delhi . 2001. 513 – 566. [4] Yassi, A, Kjellstrom. T, Kok.T.K., Gudotli.T.L. Basic Environmental Health, World Health Organozation. Oxford University Press. 2001. [5] Ware, G.W.1994. The Pesticide Book, 4th edition. Fresno, CA: Thomson Publications. [6] Papendick RI, Elliott LF, and Dahlgren RB, Environmental consequences of modern production agriculture: How can alternative agriculture address these issues and concerns? American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 1986. 1(1): 3-10. [7] FAO. Guidelines for personal protection when working with pesticides in tropical climate. 1990. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. [8] Kishi M, Hirschhorn N, Djajadisastra M, Satterlee LN, Strowman S, Dilts R. Relationship of pesticide spraying to signs and symptoms in Indonesian farmers. Scand J Work Environ Health 1995. 21:124-133. [9] Antonella F, Bent Iverseb, Manuela Tiramani, Sara Visentin, Marco Maroni. Preventing health risks from the use of pesticides in agriculture. 2001. Protecting Workers’ health series. Edited by International Centre for Pesticide Safety, WHO, Geneva. [10] Amer M, Metwelli M, Abu El- Magd Y. Skin diseases and enzymatic antioxidant activity among workers exposed to pesticides. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2002; 2, 241. [11] Salameh R P, Baldi I, Brochard P and Saleh B A. Pesticides in Lebanon: a knowledge, attitude and practise study. Environmental Research. 2004. 94:1-6. [12] WHO. 2004. The WHO recommended classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification: 2004. World Health Organization. [13] Gurrapu, S., & Mamidala, E. (2016). Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners in the management of HIV/AIDS-related diseases in tribal areas of Adilabad district, Telangana region. The Ame J Sci & Med Res, 2(1), 239-245.

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Pesticides, Monocrotophos, Endosulphan, Health, Ekalux, Agriculture.

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