Pesticides are a family of compounds which have brought many benefits to mankind in the
agricultural, industrial, and health areas, but their toxicities in both humans and animals …

Along with the wide use of pesticides in the world, the concerns over their health impacts are
rapidly growing. There is a huge body of evidence on the relation between exposure to …

Acetylcholinesterase is involved in the termination of impulse transmission by rapid
hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in numerous cholinergic pathways in the …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are compounds that alter the normal functioning of
the endocrine system of both wildlife and humans. A huge number of chemicals have been …

Acetylcholinesterase is involved in the termination of impulse transmission by rapid
hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in numerous cholinergic pathways in the …

Pesticides are widely used in agricultural and other settings, resulting in continuing human
exposure. Epidemiologic studies indicate that, despite premarket animal testing, current …

Prostate cancer has the highest prevalence of any nonskin cancer in the human body, with
similar likelihood of neoplastic foci found within the prostates of men around the world …

OBJECTIVE To review literature documenting associations between pesticide use and
cancer. DATA SOURCES We searched MEDLINE, PreMedline, CancerLit, and LILACS to …

1, 1, 1-Trichloro-2, 2′ bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) was the first widely used synthetic
pesticide and is extremely persistent in both the environment and the human body. The …

Because pesticides may operate through different mechanisms, the authors studied the risk
of prostate cancer associated with specific pesticides in the Agricultural Health Study (1993 …