Pesticides are described as environmental contaminants that are intentionally introduced
into the environment for controlling pests. Despite the fact that pesticides play a beneficial …

Pesticides are important tools for our food system and for public health. Designed to control
pests, they can also adversely impact human health and the environment. Pesticide use has …

Pesticides are unique environmental contaminants that are specifically introduced into the
environment to control pests, often by killing them. Although pesticide application serves …

Among pesticides, organochlorine and pyrethroid compounds are classified as insecticides,
as their most relevant role is in the control of insect pests. Apart from natural compounds …

There is an increasing concern regarding the widespread use of pesticides and their
potential impacts on public health. Pesticides differ from other chemical substances because …

Following the introduction and application of pesticides in human life, they have always
been along with health concerns both in acute poisoning and chronic toxicities …

Pesticides used in agriculture are designed to protect crops against unwanted species, such
as weeds, insects, and fungus. Many compounds target the nervous system of insect pests …

Poisoning by acute high-level exposure to certain pesticides has well-known neurotoxic
effects, but whether chronic exposure to moderate levels of pesticides is also neurotoxic is …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 1240-1249, January 1, 2008] 1240 Neurotoxicity of pesticides: a
brief review Lucio G. Costa1,2, Ge Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 1240-1249, January 1 …

Background: Human exposure to insecticides raises serious public health concerns
worldwide. Insecticides constitute a wide-ranging heterogeneous group of chemicals, most …