Pesticides, Adverse Effects

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• Personal Author:
  O'Conner-Marer P ; Schenker MB
• Description:
  A pesticide is any substance used to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds or other organisms considered pests. Plant growth regulators, defoliants, desiccants,and insect repellents are also among the many substances regulated as pesticides. Pesticides are ubiquitous, being used in homes, schools, workplaces,and communities. Pesticides play an important pest management role in most coventional and organic agricultural operations worldwide. The widspread dissemination of pesticides, however, creates potential for related illness and injury, especially among pesticide handlers and agricultural workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Animals Chemical Warfare Agents Ecology Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-products Agricultural-workers Animal-studies Chemical-warfare-agents Ecological-systems Environmental-contamination Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental-health Environmental-health-monitoring Environmental-pollution Exposure-assessment Exposure-limits Health-hazards Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Regulations Safety-climate Safety-education Safety-practices Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workers

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• ISBN:
  9780875530437
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  394-406
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033600
• Citation:
  Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition. Levy BS, Wagner GR, Rest KM, Weeks JL, eds. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2005 Jan; :394-406
• Editor(s):
  Levy BS; Wagner GR; Rest KM; Weeks JL.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca4fd78dec2bb0cb4a5ab87b84fb1374547fe569e615c413f4ec21f5d8dbe06f4574667e9c90d3ce0e5126688117033f5688b59f44340c807e11031be3de24c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189099/cdc_189099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.81 MB ]