Pesticide usage practices as sources of occupational exposure and health impacts on horticultural farmers in Meru County, Kenya
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06118
Abstract: This study assessed pesticide usage practices, knowledge and health effects of pesticides through occupational exposure in randomly selected horticultural farmers in Imenti North, Imenti South and Buuri Sub-counties in Meru, Kenya, where horticultural crops are… read more here.
Keywords: pesticide usage; pesticide; health; usage practices ... See more keywords
Farmers’ pesticide usage practices in the malaria endemic region of North-Western Tanzania: implications to the control of malaria vectors
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7767-0
Abstract: Pesticides remain the mainstay for the control of agricultural pests and disease vectors. However, their indiscriminate use in agriculture has led to development of resistance to both crop pests and disease vectors. This threatens to… read more here.
Keywords: farmers pesticide; practices malaria; control; pesticide usage ... See more keywords
A more than four-fold sex-specific difference of autism spectrum disorders and the possible contribution of pesticide usage in China 1990–2030
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.945172
Abstract: Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are prevalent in children and adolescents and disproportionately affect males, and the main contributing factors underlying male vulnerability remain widely unknown. Pesticide use is widely reported to be associated with ASD… read more here.
Keywords: 1990 2030; pesticide; rate; sex ... See more keywords