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TOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES TO HUMANS AND ENVIROMENT

Suheyla Yazicioglu, Gunseli Bankaoglu, Oguzhan Aydemir

First published: 2013-06-20https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2013/be5.v1/s20.145View metrics

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Title
TOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES TO HUMANS AND ENVIROMENT
Authors
Suheyla Yazicioglu, Gunseli Bankaoglu, Oguzhan Aydemir
Proceedings
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings; 13th SGEM GeoConference on ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION
Publisher
Stef92 Technology
Year
2013
Pages
1107 - 1112 pp
ISSN
1314-2704
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Not available yet
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
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  43. Páez M., Varona M., Díaz S., Castro R., Barbosa E. & Carvajal N y Londoño A. Human risk evaluation for pesticides in tomato cultivated with traditional systems and GAP (Good Agricultural Practice). Journal of Science, 15, 153-66, 2011.

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  45. Alavanja M. Pesticides use and exposure extensive worldwide. Reviews on Environmental Health, 24(4), 303-309, 2008.

  46. Duran-Nah J. & Colli-Quintal J. Acute pesticide poisoning. Mexico Public Health, 42, 53-55, 2000.

  47. Wh t ho n, P R , O’Conno , S , Wac s, L Gou son D N on cot no d pesticide reduces bumble bee colony growth and queen production. Science, 336 , 351−352, 2012

  48. n , , u n , R u , Ro n O , Odou -F., Aupinel P., Aptel J., Tchamitchian S. & Decourtye A. A common pesticide decreases foraging success and su v va n hon b s Sc nc , 336, 348−350, 2012

  49. Relyea, R. A. & Diecks, N. An unforeseen chain of events: lethal effects of pesticides on frogs at sublethal concentrations. Ecological Applications, 18, 1728−1742, 2008.

  50. Costa, C., Silva, S., Coelho, P., Roma-Torres, J., Teixeira, J.P. & Mayan, O. Micronucleus analysis in a Portuguese population exposed to pesticides: preliminary Section Ecology and Enviromental Protection survey. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 415–418, 2010.

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  52. Koh, D. & Jeyaratnam, J. Pesticide hazards in developing countries. Science of the Total Environment, 188 (Suppl. 1), 78–85, 1996.

  53. Ecobichon, D. Our changing perspectives on benefits and risks of pesticides: a historical overview. Neurotoxicology, 21, 211–218, 2000.

  54. Rothlein, J., Rohlman, D., Lasarev, M., Phillips, J., Muniz, J. & McCauley, L. Organophosphate pesticide exposure and neurobehavioral performance among agricultural and non-agricultural Hispanic workers. Environ. Health Perspect. 114, 691– 696, 2006.

  55. Thomas, P.T. Pesticide-induced immunotoxicity: are great lakes residents at risk Environ. Health Perspect. 103 (Suppl. 9), 55–61, 1995.

  56. Meyer, A., Seidler, F.J. & Slotkin, T.A. Developmental effects of chlorpyrifos extend beyond neurotoxicity: critical periods for immediate and delayed-onset effects on cardiac and hepatic cell signaling. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112, 170– 178, 2004.

  57. Zahm, S., Ward, M.H. & Blair, A. Pesticides and cancer. Occupational Medicine. 12, 269– 289, 1997.

  58. Nasterlack, M. Pesticides and childhood cancer: an update. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 210, 645–657, 2007.

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  60. Schäfer R.B., Bundschuh M., Rouch M. D., Szöcs E., von der Ohe P. C., Pettigrove V., Schulz R., Nugegoda D. & Kefford B. J. Effects of pesticide toxicity, salinity and other environmental variables on selected ecosystem functions in streams and the relevance for ecosystem services. Science of the Total Environment 415, 69– 78, 2012.

  61. Biesmeijer J. C., Roberts S. P. M., Reemer M., Ohlemüller R., Edwards M., Peeters T., Schaffers A. P., Potts S. G., Kleukers R., Thomas C. D., Settele J. & Kunin W. E. Parallel declines in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science 313, 351– 354, 2006.

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  63. Kremen C., Williams N.M., Aizen M.A., Gemmill-Herren B., LeBuhn G., Minckley R., Packer L., Potts S.G., Roulston T., Steffan-Dewenter I., Vázquez D.P., Winfree R., Adams L., Crone E.E., Greenleaf S.S., Keitt T.H., Klein A.M., Regetz J. & Ricketts T.H. Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change. Ecology Letters, 10, 299 – 314, 2007.

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  65. Desneux, N., Decourtye, A. & Delpuech, J. M. The sublethal effects of pesticides on beneficial arthropods. Annual Reviews of Entomology, 52, 81 –106, 2007.

  66. Cresswell, J. E. A meta-analysis of experiments testing the effects of a GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation neonicotinoid insecticide (Imidacloprid) on honey bees. Ecotoxicology 20: 149 –157, 2011.

  67. Wh t ho n, P R , O’Conno , S , Wac s, L Gou son, D N on cot no d pesticide reduces bumble bee colony growth and queen production. Science 336, 351 – 352, 2012.

  68. Johnson R.M., Ellis M.D., Mullin C.A & Frazier M. Pesticides and honeybee toxicity-USA. Apidologie 41, 312– 331, 2010.

  69. Mullin C. A., Frazier M., Frazier J. L., Ashcraft S., Simonds R., van Engelsdorp D. & Pettis J. S. High levels of miticides and agrochemicals in North American apiaries: implications for honey bee health. PLoS ONE 5, e9754, 2010.

  70. Krupke C.H., Hunt G.J., Eitzer B.D., Andino G. & Given,K. Multiple routes of pesticide exposure for honey bees living near agricultural fields. PLoS ONE 7, e29268, 2012.

  71. Johnson R.M., Pollock H.S & Berenbaum M.R. Synergistic interactions between in-hive miticides in Apis mellifera. Journal of Economic Entomology. 102, 474 – 479, 2009.

  72. Pilling E.D., Jepson P.C. Synergism between EBI fungicides and apyrethroid insecticide in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Pesticide Science, 39, 293– 297, 1993.

  73. Brühl, C. A., Schmidt, T., Pieper S. & Alscher A. Terrestrial pesticide exposure of amphibians: An underestimated cause of global decline Sciencetific Reports 3, 1135-1139, 2013.

  74. Parrón T., Requena M., Hernández A. F. & Alarcón R. Association between environmental exposure to pesticides and neurodegenerative diseases. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 256 379– 385, 2011.

  75. Weichenthal S., Moase C. & Chan P. A Review of Pesticide Exposure and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 118(8), 1117–1125, 2010.

  76. Lynch S. M., Mahajan R, Freeman L. E. B., Hoppin A. J. & Alavanja M. C. R. Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to butylate in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS). Environmental Research 109, 860-868, 2009.

  77. Vinson F., Merhi M., Baldi I., Raynal H. & Gamet-Payrastre L. Exposure to pesticides and risk of childhood cancer: a meta-analysis of recent epidemiological studies. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 68, 694-702, 2011.

  78. Ferro R., Parvathaneni A., Patel S. & Cheriyath P. Pesticides and Breast Cancer, Advances in Breast Cancer Research, 1, 30-35, 2012.

  79. R cha dson R , Sha at S L , uc , W nn , O’Su abha n P , D az- Arrastia R., Reisch J. & German D. C. Elevated Serum Pesticide Levels and Risk of Parkinson Disease. Archives of Neurology, 66(7), 870-875, 2009

  80. Koutros S., Lynch C. F., Ma X., Lee W. J., Hoppin J. A., Christensen C. H., Andreotti G., Freeman L. B., Rusiecki J. A., Hou L., Sandler D. P., Michael C.R. & Alavanja M. C. R. Heterocyclic aromatic amine pesticide use and human cancer risk: Results from the U.S. Agricultural Health Study. International Journal of Cancer, 124, 1206– 1212, 2009.

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