Pesticides are widely used chemical compounds in agriculture to destroy insects, pests and
weeds. In modern era, they form an indispensable part of agricultural and health practices …

Abstract Since 1987, the World Health Organization (WHO) carried out global surveys on
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and …

Pesticides have been widely used to control pest and pest-related diseases in agriculture,
fishery, forestry and the food industry. In this review, we identify a number of respiratory …

This review summarizes the level of epidemiologic evidence for relationships between
prenatal and/or early life exposure to environmental chemical contaminants and fetal, child …

The immune system can be the target of many chemicals, with potentially severe adverse
effects on the host's health. In Western countries pesticides, together with new and modified …

The third Canadian Arctic Human Health Assessment conducted under the Canadian
Northern Contaminants Program (NCP), in association with the circumpolar Arctic …

Objectives Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was used worldwide until the 1970s,
when concerns about its toxic effects, its environmental persistence, and its concentration in …

The objectives of this paper are to: assess the impact of exposure to current levels of
environmental contaminants in the Canadian Arctic on human health; identify the data and …

Nowadays, in many communities, there is a growing concern about possible adverse effects
of pesticides on human health. Reports indicate that during environmental or occupational …

Abstract DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) is probably the best known
and most useful organochlorine insecticide in the world which was used since 1945 for …