• Long-term occupational exposure to organochlorine pesticides may result in various nonspecific symptoms, including headaches, nausea, fatigue, muscle twitching, and visual disturbances. (medscape.com)
  • Organochlorine pesticides in lacustrine sediments and tilapias of Metztitlan, Hidalgo, Mexico. (springer.com)
  • Tissue distribution of organochlorine pesticides in fish collected from the Pearl River Delta, China: Implications for fishery input source and bioaccumulation. (springer.com)
  • The levels of certain persistent organochlorine pesticides in the samples were astounding: 15-605 times higher than those found in blood samples of people in the United States, tested by the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003. (indiatogether.org)
  • Coming on the heels of a related Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report dealing with the issue of climate change, this latest study on the potential consequences of melting sea ice looked at atmospheric concentrations of primarily organochlorine pesticides (OPCs) detected at Station Nord in northeast Greenland between the years of 2008 and 2010. (naturalnews.com)
  • We used hair analysis to evaluate the chronic internal exposure to three PCBs, seven organochlorine pesticides (OCs) and 18 non-persistent pesticides. (bvsalud.org)
  • The metabolite endosulfan sulfate also induced CYP2B6 (12-fold) and CYP3A4 (6-fold) promoter activities over control at 10 microM. (cdc.gov)
  • Using both techniques aldrin, endrin and endosulfan sulfate were determined. (ccsenet.org)
  • Acute toxicity may depend on the mode of exposure, for instance, many pesticides cause toxic effects by contact while neonicotinoids are more toxic when consumed orally. (wikipedia.org)
  • Field exposure to pesticides, especially with relation to neonicotinoids, may lead to multiple physiological and/or behavioral sublethal effects in exposed bees. (wikipedia.org)
  • Changes in the global climate caused by global warming are feared to increase the risk of exposure to POPs through such mechanisms as the increased frequency and severity of storm events, leading to the inundation of POPs pesticide stockpiles during major floods. (pops.int)
  • Endosulfan is used on a very small percentage of the U.S. food supply and does not present a risk to human health from dietary exposure. (mdpestnet.org)
  • EPA's 2010 revised ecological risk assessment reflects a comprehensive review of all available exposure and ecological effects information for endosulfan, including independent external peer-reviewed recommendations made by the endosulfan Scientific Advisory Panel. (mdpestnet.org)
  • In the presence of hPXR, endosulfan-alpha exposure caused significant induction of CYP2B6 (16-fold) and CYP3A4 (11-fold) promoter activities over control at 10 microM. (cdc.gov)
  • In mPXR-null/hPXR-transgenic mice, endosulfan-alpha exposure (2.5mg/kg/day) caused a significant reduction of tribromoethanol-induced sleep times by approximately 50%, whereas no significant change in sleep times was observed in PXR-null mice. (cdc.gov)
  • Here, we critically review the literature on this topic as it pertains to the rhizosphere microbiome of crop plants and gut microbiome of pollinator insects (namely managed populations of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera), since both are frequent recipients of chronic pesticide exposure. (researchgate.net)
  • From the same family as DDT, prolonged exposure to Endosulfan has been linked to infertility, neurological disorders and physical deformities. (ejfoundation.org)
  • Pesticide poisoning impacts can include headaches, vomiting, tremors, respiratory problems and death, while long-term exposure can lead to impaired memory severe depression, diseases of the nervous system, reproductive disorders, birth defects and elevated risks of cancer. (ejfoundation.org)
  • Objectives Experimental studies suggest a relationship between pesticide exposure and renal impairment, but epidemiological evidence is limited. (bmj.com)
  • We evaluated the association between exposure to 39 specific pesticides and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) incidence in the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective cohort study of licensed pesticide applicators in Iowa and North Carolina. (bmj.com)
  • Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for age and state, were used to estimate associations between ESRD and: (1) ordinal categories of intensity-weighted lifetime use of 39 pesticides, (2) poisoning and high-level pesticide exposures and (3) pesticide exposure resulting in a medical visit or hospitalisation. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Our findings support an association between ESRD and chronic exposure to specific pesticides, and suggest pesticide exposures resulting in medical visits may increase the risk of ESRD. (bmj.com)
  • In this study of male pesticide applicators, risk of end-stage renal disease increased with increasing cumulative exposure to several pesticides, including the herbicides alachlor, metolachlor, paraquat and pendimethalin, and the insecticide permethrin. (bmj.com)
  • Yet the agency maintains no comprehensive database to track pesticide exposure incidents nationwide. (motherjones.com)
  • The system in place to address pesticide exposure is horrible. (motherjones.com)
  • Here, we investigated whether background chronic exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and multiclass pesticides were associated with the prevalence of these CVD risk factors in 502 Belgian and 487 Luxembourgish adults aged 18-69 years from the Nutrition, environment and cardiovascular health (NESCAV) study 2007-2013. (bvsalud.org)
  • Additionally, the present study revealed associations between CVD risk factors and chronic environmental exposure to currently used pesticides such as organophosphorus and pyrethroid pesticides. (bvsalud.org)
  • Knowledge gaps regarding the potential role of pesticides in the loss of agricultural biodiversity worldwide and mixture-related issues hamper proper risk assessment of unintentional impacts of pesticides, rendering essential the monitoring of wildlife exposure to these compounds. (bvsalud.org)
  • Free-ranging mammal exposure to legacy (Banned and Restricted: BRPs) and currently used (CUPs) pesticides was investigated, testing the hypotheses of: (1) a background bioaccumulation for BRPs whereas a "hot-spot" pattern for CUPs, (2) different contamination profiles between carnivores and granivores/omnivores, and (3) the role of non-treated areas as refuges towards exposure to CUPs. (bvsalud.org)
  • Levels of Lindane, a restricted pesticide in India, were 605 times higher than those found in the US population. (indiatogether.org)
  • 15 M.F. Zaranyika and P. Mugari, Persistence in soil of endosulfan and lindane applied to soybean and maize pests in a field trial agrosystem in Zimbabwe, in Environmental Behavior of Crop Protection Chemicals, Proceedings of the FAO/IAEA International Symposium on the Use of Nuclear and Related Techniques for Studying Environmental Behavior of Crop Chemicals, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1997, pp. 151-162. (scielo.org.za)
  • Pesticides that have been used in agriculture including lindane, dieldrin, DDT and endosulfan. (epa.ie)
  • Since the EPA issued cancellation orders for lindane in 2006, dicofol and endosulfan are the only remaining organochlorines registered for pesticide use. (pesticide.org)
  • In the presence of hCAR-3, endosulfan-alpha induced CYP2B6 (2-fold) promoter activity at 10 microM, but not at lower concentrations. (cdc.gov)
  • Using western blot analysis of human hepatocytes, the lowest concentrations at which CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 protein levels were found to be significantly elevated by endosulfan-alpha were 1.0 microM and 10 microM, respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • We hypothesized that environmentally relevant concentrations of atrazine, permethrin and malathion will mediate a shift in the mosquito gut bacterial community structure due to their toxic effect on the aquatic bacterial communities, and reduce mosquito gut bacterial diversity by enriching pesticide-degrading bacterial communities over susceptible taxa. (nature.com)
  • Annual variations of pesticides concentrations in great lakes precipitation. (springer.com)
  • This transport was examined by a team of USDA researchers who collected air samples over a five-year period sites throughout Florida, including areas within the Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park to examine concentrations of endosulfan released into the atmosphere after agricultural use. (organic-center.org)
  • Endosulfan was more toxic than chlorpyrifos to both species, according to the research, and tadpoles of both species developed abnormalities when exposed to high endosulfan concentrations. (eponline.com)
  • After conducting their tests, the scientists identified heavy concentrations of hexachlorobenzene (HCB), endosulfan I and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), followed by lesser concentrations of p,p'-DDE, dieldrin and related compounds. (naturalnews.com)
  • 4. Extension Toxicology Network (EXTOXNET) Pesticide Information Profiles. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • 9 A.G. Smith, Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides, in Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology (WJ. (scielo.org.za)
  • Two pesticides used in highly populated agricultural areas of California appear to be killing frogs that live and breed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, according to results from a study published in the August 2009 issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry . (eponline.com)
  • The United Farm Workers, labor and community health groups from Florida to California are urging the EPA to immediately suspend hundreds of uses of chlorpyrifos, an acutely toxic pesticide that harms workers and their family members. (ishn.com)
  • So far EPA has failed to protect farmworkers and their families from chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide that is one of the top culprits in pesticide poisonings every year and has been linked to brain damage in children. (ishn.com)
  • In 2000, EPA found that homeowner uses of chlorpyrifos harm children who play on pesticide-treated carpets or hug their pets after a flea bomb, but it left farmworker children and their communities unprotected. (ishn.com)
  • The study examined how chlorpyrifos and endosulfan used in the Central Valley of California affect amphibians that breed in the mountains to the east. (eponline.com)
  • The study also shows that chlorpyrifos and endosulfan are highly toxic to both amphibians, with the yellow-legged frogs more sensitive than the Pacific treefrogs to these insecticides. (eponline.com)
  • In 2005, Beyond Pesticides joined forces with the Maryland Pesticide Network to remedy this problem. (panna.org)
  • In 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to prohibit the application of certain pesticides and herbicides that are known to be toxic to bees during pollination periods when crops are in bloom. (wikipedia.org)
  • These microcrustaceans show high sensitivity to pesticides, herbicides, heavy metal pollution and oil inputs. (springer.com)
  • Although pesticides were suspected to be part of the problem, a survey of healthy and CCD-affected colonies revealed similar levels of pesticides in wax and pollen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Each new product from her line has a pesticide report document that shows the levels of pesticides. (mamavation.com)
  • Researchers at the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment have found alarmingly high levels of pesticides in blood samples of villagers in Punjab, the showpiece state of India's green revolution. (indiatogether.org)
  • Last week in Rome, India, now the worlds largest producer of endosulfan, succeeded in blocking the addition of this neurotixic pesticide to the Rotterdam Convention. (panna.org)
  • While Pakistan and Sudan initially supported India's objection, by the end of negotiations India was alone in blocking endosulfan. (panna.org)
  • This paper investigates whether declines in suicide by insecticide poisoning in India following a national ban on endosulfan in 2011were associated with changes in other methods of suicide and total suicide rates. (kractivist.org)
  • Prevention strategies must continue to focus on pesticide bans with simultaneous attention on hanging prevention policies to reduce overall suicide rates in India. (kractivist.org)
  • India needs to urgently take a tough look at the indiscriminate and careless use of pesticides, writes Ramesh Menon. (indiatogether.org)
  • The CSE study is also one of the first in India to test for organophosphorous pesticides in human blood. (indiatogether.org)
  • It may be recalled that only India had opposed the proposal for ban on endosulfan at the Committee meeting attended by 29 member countries. (thehindu.com)
  • A number of Indian snacks of reputed companies such as Haldiram's Food International Ltd were also stopped at the entry in 2015 due to the presence of pesticides that were banned in the US but not in India.2 Discussion with global multinationals show that they cannot source products like fresh green beans from India, which is a key ingredient for instant noodles, as it faces rejection in the US. (fnbnews.com)
  • And that's because the hormonal impact on your body when exposed to certain pesticides is concerning, especially if you are pregnant or have young children. (mamavation.com)
  • There were an estimated 20,146 fewer male suicides and 8418 fewer female suicides by insecticide poisoning following the national endosulfan ban. (kractivist.org)
  • Joinpoint regression indicated a decrease in suicide by insecticide poisoning following the endosulfan ban (annual percentage change (APC) of -12.18 among males and -11.89 among females between 2010-2014) while an increase in male suicide by hanging was noted between 2009-2014 (APC of 7.05). (kractivist.org)
  • WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to end all uses of the insecticide endosulfan in the United States. (mdpestnet.org)
  • Endosulfan, an organochlorine insecticide first registered in the 1950s, also is used on ornamental shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants. (mdpestnet.org)
  • They found that pesticide drift and volatilization was responsible for endosulfan presence in areas where the insecticide was not in use, including the National Park sites. (organic-center.org)
  • The acute toxicity of pesticides on bees, which could be by contact or ingestion, is usually quantified by LD50. (wikipedia.org)
  • Acute toxicity of pesticides causes a range of effects on bees, which can include agitation, vomiting, wing paralysis, arching of the abdomen similar to sting reflex, and uncoordinated movement. (wikipedia.org)
  • The toxicity of organochlorine (OC) pesticides varies according to their molecular size, volatility, and effects on the central nervous system (CNS). (medscape.com)
  • 7. A pesticide residue may not be listed as carcinogenic, neurotoxic, hormone-disrupting or as a reproductive or developmental toxicant for either of two reasons: (1) it may have been studied for toxicity in one or more of these categories and the weight of the evidence did not support designating it as toxic, or (2) it may not have been studied. (whatsonmyfood.org)
  • This study provides a primer for future studies evaluating mosquito microbial responses to exposures to chemical pesticides and the possible implications for mosquito ecology. (nature.com)
  • This can lead to dangerous self-treatments (such as kerosene), scores of exhausted parents and in some cases the urge to use highly toxic chemical pesticides* or dangerous repeated treatments. (pesticide.org)
  • EPA also finds that there are risks above the agency's level of concern to aquatic and terrestrial wildlife, as well as to birds and mammals that consume aquatic prey which have ingested endosulfan. (mdpestnet.org)
  • Pesticides commonly contaminate the aquatic environments inhabited by mosquito juveniles. (nature.com)
  • These pesticides often enter the aquatic habitats, including those that are not intended or legally registered for application to aquatic systems. (nature.com)
  • The pesticide contamination in water, sediments, and aquatic biota has been reported to be beyond the acceptable range. (springer.com)
  • An attempt has also been made to elucidate the findings of various works on pesticides in aquatic system and to highlight the challenging aspects of pesticide contamination, which have not attracted the attention of investigators yet. (springer.com)
  • Our findings illustrate that pesticide effects on predator-prey interactions are often complex and have the potential to alter aquatic community composition. (allenpress.com)
  • Endosulfan, which is used on vegetables, fruits, and cotton, can pose unacceptable neurological and reproductive risks to farmworkers and wildlife and can persist in the environment. (mdpestnet.org)
  • Farmworkers can be exposed to endosulfan through inhalation and contact with the skin. (mdpestnet.org)
  • Pesticides can endanger farmworkers, but thin layers of government protect them and no one knows the full scope of the environmental perils in the fields. (motherjones.com)
  • Some top state regulators agree the full toll of pesticides on farmworkers is not documented. (motherjones.com)
  • When pesticides were sprayed near them in 2010 in the tomato fields outside the city of Newport, in a patch of east Tennessee where the mountains touch the clouds and road signs warn of falling rock, the migrant farmworkers complained to state regulators. (motherjones.com)
  • 8. US EPA, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs), Interim REDS (iREDs) and RED Factsheets. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • We interviewed her several years ago for a piece we did on pesticide residue and found out that certain organic spices she was testing for purity were coming up positive for the herbicide glyphosate. (mamavation.com)
  • If you support Zego TODAY, you'll not only get food that is free from pesticide residue, but you'll also help them expand their business and keep pressuring the industry. (mamavation.com)
  • Organochlorine pesticide residue in soils from Tibet, China. (springer.com)
  • For a global phase-out of pesticides classed by the World Health Organisation as being either "Extremely Hazardous" or "Highly Hazardous" , as well as for the health impacts of high-levels of pesticide use - particularly in developing countries - to be acknowledged. (ejfoundation.org)
  • However, a significant number of cancer patients had high levels of pesticide in their blood", says Bhushan. (indiatogether.org)
  • This study confirms previous reports by the National Park Service's Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project that endosulfan is able to contaminate pristine habitats that are far from pesticide use areas. (organic-center.org)
  • It is high time that the Centre accept the truth (about endosulfan) and stand for the welfare and future prosperity of the country. (thehindu.com)
  • According to the EPA, 10,000-20,000 physician-diagnosed pesticide poisonings occur each year among the approximately 2 million U.S. agricultural workers. (ishn.com)
  • For the promotion of better agricultural practice based on the reduced usage, reliance, and risk from pesticides, and to raise awareness of how the problems associated with pesticide use can be avoided through well-funded, extensive education programmes. (ejfoundation.org)
  • Though 2020 was in many ways an unprecedented year, global agricultural infrastructure continued to churn away, and so too did the use of a great variety of pesticides designed to curb the economic and social impact of crop failure. (lgcstandards.com)
  • Predicting runoff induced pesticide input in agricultural sub-catchment surface waters. (springer.com)
  • The EPA "estimates that 10,000-20,000 physician-diagnosed pesticide poisonings occur each year among the approximately 2 million US agricultural workers," federal records show. (motherjones.com)
  • To assess the prevalence of epidermoid carcinoma cases, georeference their locations, and seek to correlate them to areas with higher agricultural production and use of pesticides. (bvsalud.org)
  • No relationship was found between the occurrence of cases of epidermoid carcinoma and the municipalities with high agricultural production and pesticide use. (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of epidermoid carcinoma cases and georeference them, seeking to correlate them to areas with higher agricultural production and use of pesticides. (bvsalud.org)
  • Endosulfan used primarily on cotton crops and detected in Namoi River. (australianmap.net)
  • For the promotion of organic production and trade, and for companies and retailers to avoid sourcing products manufactured from cotton grown using harmful pesticides, ensure organic products are available for consumers and actively support the expansion of organic cotton production in the developing world. (ejfoundation.org)
  • A JUST-FOR t-shirt is sustainably sourced, pesticide free and has a carbon footprint just 10% of that of a conventional, non-organic, cotton t-shirt from the high street. (ejfoundation.org)
  • Both the print and television media in Punjab have started focusing on the increasing number of cancer cases in districts like Bhatinda where pesticide use is rampant in cotton farming. (indiatogether.org)
  • While the chemicals used are legal and approved" by the U.S. EPA, the Baltimore Sun notes, "25 of the most commonly used pesticides have links to cancer, birth defects and neurological problems. (panna.org)
  • 6 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Analytical Reference Standards and Supplemental Data: the Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals Repository, US EPA, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 1984. (scielo.org.za)
  • If the farmers use these pesticides, their produce in fresh or processed form will have traces of such chemicals and will face rejection in countries such as the US, the EU and Japan. (fnbnews.com)
  • These and numerous other banned pesticides and chemicals are no longer being sold commercially. (naturalnews.com)
  • VIBERG, H. Developmental neurotoxic effects of two pesticides: Behavior and neuroprotein studies on endosulfan and cypermethrin. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2003, a Beyond Pesticides survey revealed that major U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and health facilities were regularly using dangerous pesticides. (panna.org)
  • EJF continues to raise public, industry and political awareness of the most dangerous pesticides, and promote pesticide free agriculture, including organic food and textiles. (ejfoundation.org)
  • An immediate loss of 18 % endosulfan I and 22 % endosulfan II from the water phase of the river water containing river sediment was observed as a result of adsorption by the sediment. (scielo.org.za)
  • Endosulfan is an organochlorine pesticide commonly used in agriculture. (cdc.gov)
  • You've trusted Mamavation to bring you topics like best & worst organic milk , 13 foods you don't need to buy organic , & safer pest control , now join us as we celebrate Zego and their decision to make their pesticide data public. (mamavation.com)
  • Enantiomer fractions of organic chlorinated pesticides in arctic marine ice fauna, zooplankton, and benthos. (springer.com)
  • Pesticides organic pollutants at the base of the Antarctic marine food web. (springer.com)
  • A 2018 review by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides such as clothianidin represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees. (wikipedia.org)
  • highlighted the growing threats of pesticides, particularly to vulnerable farmers in the developing world, who often use them without protective clothing or masks, and close to children, livestock and family food crops. (ejfoundation.org)
  • As many as 27 pesticides are under consideration for ban, and the Government has appointed an expert committee to look into this issue, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Second, Kheti Virasat, a Punjab based NGO trying to create awareness among farmers about the harmful uses of pesticide was also talking about how it suspected that pesticides were wreaking havoc with the health of the villagers. (indiatogether.org)
  • In Green Frogs, additive negative effects occurred, except that newts increased the tadpole mortality when exposed to endosulfan. (allenpress.com)
  • Pesticides, especially neonicotinoids, have been investigated in relation to risks for bees such as Colony Collapse Disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • While EPA implemented various restrictions in a 2002 re-registration decision, EPA's phaseout is based on new data and scientific peer review, which have improved EPA's assessment of the ecological and worker risks from endosulfan. (mdpestnet.org)
  • Clear linkages between pesticide mode of action and host-specific microbiome functionalities are identified in relation to potential antimicrobial risks. (researchgate.net)
  • Spanning a decade, our campaign was able to raise international awareness of their catastrophic health risks and secure an international ban of one pesticide: Endosulfan . (ejfoundation.org)
  • POPRC also agreed to adopt the risk management evaluation for endosulfan and recommended listing endosulfan in Annex A of the Convention, with specific exemptions, a move that would lead to its elimination from the global market. (pops.int)
  • With four countries abstaining, the committee recommended ban on manufacture, use, import and export of endosulfan with certain exemptions to the Conference of Parties of the Stockholm Convention. (thehindu.com)
  • Systemic pesticides, on the other hand, are usually incorporated into the soil or onto seeds and move up into the stem, leaves, nectar, and pollen of plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • A systemic pesticide, which is incorporated into the soil or coated on seeds, may kill soil-dwelling insects, such as grubs or mole crickets as well as other insects, including bees, that are exposed to the leaves, fruits, pollen, and nectar of the treated plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • We are advancing systemic change toward a sustainable pesticide-free Chesapeake region. (mdpestnet.org)
  • The study vaguely reported that pesticides might be responsible but did not disclose its findings on the blood samples. (indiatogether.org)
  • and (2) that the development of host-free microbiome model systems could be useful for rapidly screening pesticides against functionally distinct microbial catalogues of interest. (researchgate.net)
  • Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the V3-V4 hypervariable regions of the 16 S rRNA gene was used to characterize the microbial communities of larval and adult stages of the two mosquito species and the water samples from microcosms treated with each of the pesticides, separately. (nature.com)
  • An enzymatic kinetic model is presented showing that the biphasic linear rates are consistent with microbial degradation of free and colloidal particle-adsorbed pesticide in the water phase, and colloidal particle- and sediment particle-adsorbed pesticide in the sediment phase of the experiment. (scielo.org.za)
  • In April 2006, Ramesh Menon won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award for Environmental Reporting, for his articles on pesticide poisoning in Punjab. (indiatogether.org)
  • CSE was receiving anecdotal reports cancer coming from particular pockets in Punjab for the last few years and it was well known that pesticide use was rampant. (indiatogether.org)
  • The doctor told her it was most likely flu or bacterial infection, but farmworker Tania Banda-Rodriguez suspected pesticides. (motherjones.com)
  • There is emerging concern regarding the unintentional and often unrecognized antimicrobial properties of "non-antimicrobial" pesticides. (researchgate.net)
  • The present study adds to the increasing evidence that pesticides are very harmful to amphibians living in areas that are miles from sources of pesticide application. (eponline.com)
  • Endosulfan is used to control insects on food and non-food crops and also as a wood preservative. (cdc.gov)
  • The US Department of Agriculture indicated in a 2010 report to Congress that a combination of factors could be causing colony collapse disorder, including pesticides, pathogens, and parasites. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, 27 aforementioned pesticides have further been identified to be banned," he said, adding the pesticide Fenitrothion is already banned for use in agriculture. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • One of the reasons for the rejections in developed country markets is the excessive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides at the farm level and lack of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP). (fnbnews.com)
  • India's 2011 ban on endosulfan may have contributed to almost 30,000 fewer suicides by ingestion of pesticide.Much of the decline, though, was offset by a parallel increase in suicides by hanging and other methods of poisoning, the study found, resulting in a much smaller dip in the overall cases. (kractivist.org)
  • Among men, 92% of the decline in pesticide suicides was offset by an increase in other methods, especially hanging. (kractivist.org)
  • Methods Via linkage to the US Renal Data System, we identified 320 ESRD cases diagnosed between enrolment (1993-1997) and December 2011 among 55 580 male licensed pesticide applicators. (bmj.com)
  • it also aims to create public awareness among people and appraise them with various alternate methods to combat the problem of pesticide contamination. (springer.com)
  • After conducting a statewide survey of pesticide practices, the two groups invited Maryland healthcare operators to adopt a "green approach to pest control. (panna.org)
  • EPA is currently working out the details of the decision that will eliminate all endosulfan uses, while incorporating consideration of the needs for growers to timely move to lower-risk pest control practices. (mdpestnet.org)
  • Lifetime pesticide use was defined as the product of duration and frequency of use and then modified by an intensity factor to account for differences in pesticide application practices. (bmj.com)
  • Pesticides are a common source of environmental disruption, and thousands of different pesticides are used around the world to improve crop production and human health. (nature.com)
  • As a result, the Sun reports, "thirteen Maryland health facilities are working to eliminate the use of toxic pesticides in their pest control efforts. (panna.org)
  • Since our launch in 2000, EJF has campaigned to protect our natural environment and human health from the world's most dangerous toxic pesticides. (ejfoundation.org)
  • Endosulfan : health and safety guide. (who.int)
  • Endosulfan had been recommended for inclusion in the treaty by its own scientific Chemical Review Committee, and almost all of the 126 countries that are Parties to the treaty supported it's inclusion. (panna.org)
  • The committee reviewed and adopted the risk management evaluation on endosulfan, a widely used pesticide. (pops.int)
  • He said the Anupam Varma Committee had reviewed 66 pesticides. (thehindubusinessline.com)
  • Enacting national bans on such pesticides across the 14 countries could result in 28,000 fewer suicides each year at an annual cost of $0.007 per capita. (kractivist.org)
  • In 2009, our report the End of the Road for Endosulfan helped galvanise international commendation of the toxic chemical, and by the end of the year, 60 countries had introduced national bans on its use . (ejfoundation.org)