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Health effects of pesticides may be acute or delayed in those who are exposed. [1] Acute effects can include pesticide poisoning, which may be a medical emergency. [2] Strong evidence exists for other, long-term negative health outcomes from pesticide exposure including birth defects, fetal death, [3] neurodevelopmental disorder, [4] cancer, and neurologic illness including Parkinson's disease ...
Other agrochemicals, such as fertilizers, can also have negative effects on the environment. The negative effects of pesticides are not just in the area of application. Runoff and pesticide drift can carry pesticides into distant aquatic environments or other fields, grazing areas, human settlements and undeveloped areas.
The World Health Organization estimates that 300,000 people die from self-harm each year in the Asia-Pacific region alone. [9] Most cases of intentional pesticide poisoning appear to be impulsive acts undertaken during stressful events, and the availability of pesticides strongly influences the incidence of self poisoning.
Food processing residual is often regarded as a cheap and clean fertilizer. But it's causing problems in some rural Pennsylvania communities. Industrial food waste is often used as fertilizer.
A dangerous trend. Colorectal cancer was traditionally a disease of the old, but no longer. Cancer of the rectum and large intestine is on a deadly march among people as young as age 20, ...
Results about an association with multiple myeloma, prostate and testicular cancer, endometrial cancer and colorectal cancer have been inconclusive or generally do not support an association. [47] A 2017 review of liver cancer studies concluded that "organochlorine pesticides, including DDT, may increase hepatocellular carcinoma risk".
Excessive synthetic fertilizers and manure from concentrated animal feeding operations are polluting rural drinking water with nitrates, whose consumption is linked to cancers, thyroid disease and ...
2,4-Dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP or simply DNP) is an organic compound with the formula HOC 6 H 3 (NO 2) 2.It has been used in explosives manufacturing and as a pesticide and herbicide.