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Associations between pesticide use and respiratory symptoms: A cross-sectional study in Southern Ghana.
Reginald Quansah,John R. Bend,Abukari Abdul-Rahaman,Frederick Ato Armah,Isaac Luginaah,David Kofi Essumang,Samuel Iddi,Jonathan Chevrier,Samuel Jerry Cobbina,Edward Nketiah-Amponsah,Samuel Adu-Kumi,Godfred Darko,Samuel Afful +12 more
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It is concluded that vegetable farmers in Ghana may be at increased risk for respiratory symptoms as a result of exposure to pesticides.About:
This article is published in Environmental Research.The article was published on 2016-10-01. It has received 36 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental exposure.read more
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Pyrethroid epidemiology: a quality-based review
TL;DR: Future epidemiological studies should fully characterize an adverse outcome, include exposure validation components, and quantify exposure over time to provide more robust data on potential health outcomes from low dose exposure to pyrethroid insecticides.
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Endosulfan poisoning: An overview
Ritesh G. Menezes,Tooba Fatima Qadir,Ariba Moin,Huda Fatima,Syed Ather Hussain,Mohammed Madadin,Syed Bilal Pasha,Fatima A. Al Rubaish,S. Senthilkumaran +8 more
TL;DR: The use of endosulfan needs to be strictly regulated and eventually banned worldwide altogether to lower the current morbidity and mortality resulting from this pesticide.
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Persistence, toxicological effect and ecological issues of endosulfan – A review
Palanivel Sathishkumar,Kannan Mohan,Abirami Ramu Ganesan,Muthusamy Govarthanan,Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff,Feng Long Gu +5 more
TL;DR: The distribution and persistence of endosulfan residues in the ecosystem could pose a potential risk to living organisms, including humans, according to the existing literature on the ecotoxicological effects.
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Potential for plant biocontrol activity of isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus stratosphericus strains against bacterial pathogens acting through both induced plant resistance and direct antagonism.
Kaliannan Durairaj,Kaliannan Durairaj,Palanivel Velmurugan,Jung-Hee Park,Woo-Suk Chang,Yool-Jin Park,Palaninaicker Senthilkumar,Kyung-Min Choi,Jeong-Ho Lee,Byung-Taek Oh +9 more
TL;DR: Isolated novel strains of P. aeruginosa and B. stratosphericus showed broad spectrum of antagonistic activity against five bacterial phytopathogens, with the potential to control plant diseases.
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The state of POPs in Ghana- A review on persistent organic pollutants: Environmental and human exposure
Pennante Bruce-Vanderpuije,David Megson,Eric J. Reiner,L. R. Bradley,Sam Adu-Kumi,Joseph A. Gardella +5 more
TL;DR: Potential human health risks from POPs in the Ghanaian environment are identified and the need for more consistent and widespread monitoring program is identified.
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The global burden of respiratory disease.
TL;DR: Implementation of the strategies described in the Forum of International Respiratory Societies respiratory diseases report would have a profound effect on respiratory health, reduce economic costs, and enhance health equality in the world.
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Farmer perceptions and pesticide use practices in vegetable production in Ghana.
TL;DR: The survey showed that knapsack sprayers were the most widely used type of equipment for spraying pesticides, however, on large-scale vegetable farms of 6-10 acres, motorised Sprayers were also used.
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Occupational Pesticide Exposures and Cancer Risk: A Review
TL;DR: Twenty-one pesticides identified subsequent to the last IARC review showed significant exposure-response associations in studies of specific cancers while controlling for major potential confounders.
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Chemical predictors of wheeze among farmer pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study.
TL;DR: This article explored the association between wheeze and pesticide use in the past year using the Agricultural Health Study, a large cohort of certified pesticide applicators in Iowa and North Carolina, using logistic regression models controlling for age, state, smoking, and history of asthma or atopy.
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Organochlorine pesticides in water, sediment, crops, and human fluids in a farming community in Ghana.
TL;DR: The presence of OC pesticide residues in breast milk requires further monitoring and epidemiological studies to clarify possible detrimental health effects in breast-fed infants.