1st Edition

Pesticide Toxicology and Risk Assessment Linking Exposure to Biological Effects

Edited By Muneeb U. Rehman, Adil Farooq Wali, Vani Bajaj Copyright 2024
296 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

296 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

With the emergence of new pesticide combinations and application methods, assessing their potential risks to non-target organisms and human well-being becomes paramount. Pesticide Toxicology and Risk Assessment focuses on the need and strategies for safe and efficient use of pesticides. It offers insights from toxicogenomics, enabling an understanding of the genetic and epigenetic... Read more

1. ADVANCES IN RISK ASSESSMENT OF NANO PESTICIDES 2. APPLICATION OF OMICS TECHNOLOGY IN PESTICIDE TOXICOLOGY 3. PESTICIDE EXPOSURE MONITORING IN HUMANS 4. APPLICATION OF PROBABILISTIC MODELS IN PESTICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT 5. ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDE MIXTURE EFFECTS 6. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PESTICIDE REGULATIONS 7. EPIGENOME CONCEPT AND PESTICIDE EFFECTS 8. EXPOSOME CONCEPT IN PESTICIDE MONITORING 9. INTRODUCTION TO PESTICIDE TOXICOLOGY AND RISK ASSESSMENT 10. THE IMPACT OF PESTICIDES ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVALUATION 11. PESTICIDE EXPOSURE MONITORING IN HUMANS 12. RECENT ADVANCES AND PROGRESS IN THE APPLICATION OF VARIOUS MODELS FOR TOXIC PESTICIDE REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATER 13. RISK ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDES IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

Biography

Muneeb U. Rehman, Ph.D. is a Faculty member at the College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He holds a doctorate in Toxicology (specialization in cancer biology and natural product research) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Dr. Rehman has more than 10 years of research and teaching experience in toxicology, cancer biology, natural product pharmacology, and pharmacogenomics.

Adil Farooq Wali, Ph.D. is a Faculty member at RAK College of Pharmacy Sciences, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. He earned a doctorate degree in pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. Currently, Dr. Wali is engaged in studying molecular pharmacology of natural products and plant extracts and incorporates global health perspectives, most notably the use of herbal medicines in migrant groups and the impact of functional foods and local medicines on population health.

Vani Bajaj is a Regulatory Affair Associate at CW Retail, Melbourne, Australia. She is Maters in Toxicology from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. She has worked with some major regulatory affair companies including manufacturers and consulting in different sectors. Ms. Bajaj has more than five years of experience in safety risk assessments for pesticides, cosmetics, and industrial chemicals.