1st Edition

Health Effects of Pesticides

By A. K. Srivastava, C. Kesavachandran Copyright 2019
182 Pages
by CRC Press

182 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

182 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Health Effects of Pesticides covers various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behaviour, degradation, and impacts on the agrarian environment. It focuses on pesticide poisoning incidents and farm practices in developing countries. The health impacts of pesticides, including neurological, respiratory, and dermal effects, are examined. Other repercussions caused as a result of pesticides,... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Acute and chronic toxicity 3. Toxicity profile 4. Known and probable adverse health impacts 5. Exposure assessment studies 6. Human studies in developing countries 7. Current laws and legislation in India 8. Gap areas

Biography

Anup Kumar Srivastava, MBBS, MD, FRIPHH,  has been actively involved in research for the past 35 years, and has worked at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicological Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow. Dr Srivastava also served as Director of National Institute Miners’ Health, Nagpur and was the first specialist of Industrial Health appointed in the coal industry at Western Coalfields Limited, Nagpur.
C Kesavachandran, PhD, is Senior Scientist, Epidemiological Section, CSIR-IITR. He received his PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala and is pursuing a research career as a Scientist at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, since 2002.