Background: Lack of farmers’ knowledge, illegal production and import, and economical situation are the main reasons for non-authorized usage. In this study, one of the major center of cucumber cultivation at south west of Iran, Darreh shahr City in Ilam Province were studied for non-authorized pesticides usage, which health authorities and national standard organization do not recommend....

INTRODUCTION Prenatal exposure to some pesticides can adversely affect male reproductive health in animals. We investigated a possible human association between maternal exposure to 27 organochlorine compounds used as pesticides and cryptorchidism among male children. DESIGN Within a prospective birth cohort, we performed a case-control study; 62 milk samples from mothers of cryptorchid boys ...

This 21-year-old college student was admitted following alleged consumption of endosulfan 100 g along with alcohol 2 h earlier. He had had two episodes of generalized tonic clonic seizures which had been treated with lorazepam and phenytoin. At admission, he had tachycardia, tachypnoea and normal systemic examination. Fourteen hours after admission, his urobag revealed black urine (Figure 1). H...

Climate and soil conditions in South Florida along with an extensive canal system facilitate movement of agricultural pesticides into surface waters. In a two-year study (2002-2004) of the currently used pesticides in South Florida, atrazine, endosulfan, metolachlor, chlorpyrifos, and chlorothalonil were the most frequently detected in the canals and in Biscayne Bay, with average concentrations...

Agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan African countries has significantly increased pesticide applications. Information on residues and their transport groundwater streams is needed to properly manage reduce any harm the ecosystem environment. This information lacking volcanic soils of Ethiopian highlands. Therefore, this study was conducted assess concentrations ground surface water risk...

Atmospheric concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been measured for the first time at Station Nord, North-East Greenland, from 2008 to 2010. The data obtained are reported here. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), endosulfan I and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) were the predominant compounds detected in the atmosphere, followed by p,p'-DDE and dieldrin. Chlordane isomers and related compo...