Evaluation of Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Risk Derived from Exposure to Pesticides in Corn Producers in Tlaxcala, Mexico

Corn cultivation represents the largest type of agricultural production in Mexico, with great economic, social, and cultural importance. The health corn producers could be compromised by extensive accumulated use pesticides. effects pesticides terms their cytotoxic genotoxic damage two groups peasant maize Tlaxcala, were considered here. buccal micronucleus cytome assay was used as an indicator cytotoxicity genotoxicity, along nuclear abnormalities present farmers who had last thirty years. In total, 21 commercial products identified, mainly herbicides belonging to chlorophenoxy, triazine, organophosphate compounds; addition, it observed that a small group active ingredient carbofuran, well insecticides fungicides. results show higher pesticide rates compared incidence agroecological practices lower use, revealed assay, epithelial cells mucosa. farmer only herbicides, 2,4-D (Hierbamina) being greatest cultivation.