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Egg colouration helps trace DDT contamination
red - brown speckles on bird-eggs can reveal presence of the insecticide ddt in the environment. A study from the Oxford and Cardiff universities on the eggs of raptors
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Health effects of pesticide exposure among Filipino rice farmers
This article discusses the acute and chronic health effects of pesticide exposure among Filipino rice farmers. Data were collected from 50 farmers during 2002 and 2003 using a semi-structured questionnaire to elicit demographic information, various aspects of farming life, types and extent of pesticide use, exposure means, and self-reported acute and chronic illness experiences.
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Analysis of organochlorine pesticides in the Hindon river water, India
Pesticides are notorious contaminants due to their toxic and carcinogenic nature and, unfortunately, are distributed globally in air, water, sediment, soil and foods even to the places where they have not been used before. SPE and GC methods were developed to analyze organochlorine pesticides.
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Who benefits from gm crops?: the rise in pesticide use
Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world.
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Who benefits from gm crops?: the rise in pesticide use
Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world. Unfortunately, journalists often report such claims as fact, without first subjecting them to critical scrutiny.
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A community guide to environmental health
This highly illustrated guide helps health promoters, development workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take charge of their environmental health. In small villages and large cities, A Community Guide to Environmental Health can provide the tools, knowledge, and inspiration to begin transforming the crisis in environmental health. This book contains activities to stimulate critical thinking and discussion, inspirational stories, and instructions for simple health technologies such as water purification methods, safe toilets, and non-toxic cleaning products.
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Histopathological alterations in the architecture of stomach in the fish Mystus Vittatus reared in the pesticide mixed medium
This histopathological study inferred that the pesticides cause damage not only to the absorptive area of the stomach but also to the functioning of gastric glands and disturb the physiological process of digestion and absorption.
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The industry s being conceited
J S Thakur, assistant professor, department of community medicine, pgimer, Chandigarh , is one of the authors of the study,