Pesticides in the Modern World - Pesticides Use and Management

0378720 - ÚFCH JH 2013 HR eng M - Monography Chapter
Pelclová, D. - Navrátil, Tomáš - Mrázová, K. - Rakovcová, H. - Fenclová, Z.
Trends in the Exposures to Pesticides in Central Europe.
Pesticides in the Modern World - Pesticides Use and Management. 1. Rijeka: InTech, 2011 - (Stoytcheva, M.), s. 3-18. ISBN 978-953-307-459-7
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z40400503
Keywords : pesticides * exposures
Subject RIV: CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry

The occupational exposures of the humans to pesticides may occur in the gardens, fields, and forests during their dissemination, but also in the course of the preparatory activities, repair of application equipment, and their re-entry, where most symptomatic exposures happened (Meulenbelt & de Vries, 1997). Agricultural workers in several countries in Africa, Asia and South America are at greater risk of pesticide poisoning than non-agricultural workers and there appears a need for heightened efforts to better protect farm workers from pesticide exposure (Litchfield, 2005, Dasgupta et al., 2006, Calvert et al., 2008, Mancini et al., 2009). Pesticides also became a part of our households and are used for both outdoor and indoor domestic application. As they are considered to be toxic by the general population, they are frequently ingested with the intent to commit a suicide. Globally, agricultural pesticides account for at least 250,000 suicide deaths each year, making pesticides the single most common means of suicide worldwide (Gunnell et al., 2007, Nguyen et al., 2010, Lin et al. 2010, Roberts et al., 2010).
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