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Harmful Health Effects Associated with Aerial Spraying

Author : Patrick Kimuyu
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668736480
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (687 download)

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Download or read book Harmful Health Effects Associated with Aerial Spraying written by Patrick Kimuyu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polemic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Medicine - Pharmacology, Pharmacy, grade: 1, Egerton University, language: English, abstract: In the recent years, there has been a growing number of concerns about the cause and effect of using large scale pesticides for crop and general insect control. The concerns have also centered on how these pesticides are applied. There have been correlations made between aerial spraying and its impacts on the health of the general population. Notably, majority of pesticides used in the control of insects are not selective. For instance, Naled, Resmethrin and Malathion have been found to kill all insects. The numbers of insects killed include those help in keeping other insects under control. Additionally, aerial spraying threatens lives of aquatic animals and birds. More importantly, agricultural production is under threat owing to increased usage of pesticides. This is because researchers argue that the continued usage of pesticides can lead to the development of resistance genes in organisms making them hard to control. As a result, farmers incur economic costs and decreased production. With the growing concern over public health and safety, many ways we use to operate have either been changed or eliminated altogether. As examples, the use of lead in house paint and asbestos as an insulation product, have been eliminated. Their removal is highly controlled and regulated. Regulations have been developed to govern the installation of electrical circuits and plumbing product. These have been implemented because of the growing awareness over health and safety. Research has also found that some pesticides used in mosquitoes contribute to immune suppression. Ideally, the suppression of the human system can lead to allergies, cancers, autoimmune disorder and lupus. For instance, Malathion is the mostly used pesticide and can cause neurotoxicity. Malathion can also cause headaches, diarrhea and nausea. It is time to stop aerial spraying and find other, less damaging mechanisms to deal with insect infestations. There is a reason for using aerial spraying of fire retardants for forest fires. The result being everything under the airplane is covered, not just the fire. I am proposing that we should stop the usage of aerial spraying and adopt safer practices to control insects. Aerial spraying has serious ramifications to the population, and to the planet.

Aerial Spraying and Health Risks in the Forth Area

Author : Lyn Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Aerial Spraying and Health Risks in the Forth Area written by Lyn Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309174783
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests by : National Research Council

Download or read book Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-05-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. Army conducted atmospheric dispersion tests in many American cities using fluorescent particles of zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) to develop and verify meteorological models to estimate the dispersal of aerosols. Upon learning of the tests, many citizens and some public health officials in the affected cities raised concerns about the health consequences of the tests. This book assesses the public health effects of the Army's tests, including the toxicity of ZnCdS, the toxicity of surrogate cadmium compounds, the environmental fate of ZnCdS, the extent of public exposures from the dispersion tests, and the risks of such exposures.

Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods

Author : Ann Hajek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402085605
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods by : Ann Hajek

Download or read book Use of Microbes for Control and Eradication of Invasive Arthropods written by Ann Hajek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a diverse presentation about the use of arthropod-specific pathogens for control and eradication of invasive arthropod species. Basic concepts supporting use of pathogens for microbial control are covered as well as societal and environmental concerns.

"You Don't Want to Breathe Poison Anymore"

Author : Richard Pearshouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781623136345
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book "You Don't Want to Breathe Poison Anymore" written by Richard Pearshouse and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Silent Spring

Author : Rachel Carson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618249060
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Silent Spring by : Rachel Carson

Download or read book Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.

Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns

Author : Manuel Vallée
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429760892
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns written by Manuel Vallée and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines social processes that have contributed to growing pesticide use, with a particular focus on the role governments play in urban aerial pesticide spraying operations. Beyond being applied to sparsely populated farmland, pesticides have been increasingly used in densely populated urban environments, and when faced with invasive species, governments have resorted to large-scale aerial pesticide spraying operations in urban areas. This book focuses on New Zealand's 2002–2004 pesticide campaign to eradicate the Painted Apple Moth, which is the largest operation of its kind in world history, whether we consider its duration (29 months), its scope (at its peak the spraying zone was 10,632 hectares/26,272 acres), the number of sprayings that were administered (the pesticide was administered on 60 different days), or the number of people exposed to the spraying (190,000+). This book provides an in-depth understanding of the social processes that contributed to the incursion, why the government sought to eradicate the moth through aerial pesticide spraying, the ideological strategies they used to build and maintain public support, and why those strategies were effective. Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns will be of great interest to students and researchers of pesticides, environmental sociology, environmental history, environmental studies, political ecology, geography, medical sociology, and science and technology studies.

Chemical Lands

Author : David D. Vail
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817319735
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Chemical Lands written by David D. Vail and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the elaborate relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment. The controversies in the 1960s and 1970s that swirled around indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals—their long-term ecological harm versus food production benefits—were sparked and clarified by biologist Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962). This seminal publication challenged long-held assumptions concerning the industrial might of American agriculture while sounding an alarm for the damaging persistence of pesticides, especially chlorinated hydrocarbons such as DDT, in the larger environment. In Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America’s Grasslands since 1945 David D. Vail shows, however, that a distinctly regional view of agricultural health evolved. His analysis reveals a particularly strong ethic in the North American grasslands where practitioners sought to understand and deploy insecticides and herbicides by designing local scientific experiments, engineering more precise aircraft sprayers, developing more narrowly specific chemicals, and planting targeted test crops. Their efforts to link the science of toxicology with environmental health reveal how the practitioners of pesticides evaluated potential hazards in the agricultural landscape while recognizing the production benefits of controlled spraying. Chemical Lands adds to a growing list of books on toxins in the American landscape. This study provides a unique Grasslands perspective of the Ag pilots, weed scientists, and farmers who struggled to navigate novel technologies for spray planes and in the development of new herbicides/insecticides while striving to manage and mitigate threats to human health and the environment.

Veterans and Agent Orange

Author : Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309075299
Total Pages : 791 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (752 download)

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Book Synopsis Veterans and Agent Orange by : Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides

Download or read book Veterans and Agent Orange written by Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-01-15 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have U.S. military personnel experienced health problems from being exposed to Agent Orange, its dioxin contaminants, and other herbicides used in Vietnam? This definitive volume summarizes the strength of the evidence associating exposure during Vietnam service with cancer and other health effects and presents conclusions from an expert panel. Veterans and Agent Orange provides a historical review of the issue, examines studies of populations, in addition to Vietnam veterans, environmentally and occupationally exposed to herbicides and dioxin, and discusses problems in study methodology. The core of the book presents What is known about the toxicology of the herbicides used in greatest quantities in Vietnam. What is known about assessing exposure to herbicides and dioxin. What can be determined from the wide range of epidemiological studies conducted by different authorities. What is known about the relationship between exposure to herbicides and dioxin, and cancer, reproductive effects, neurobehavioral disorders, and other health effects. The book describes research areas of continuing concern and offers recommendations for further research on the health effects of Agent Orange exposure among Vietnam veterans. This volume will be critically important to both policymakers and physicians in the federal government, Vietnam veterans and their families, veterans organizations, researchers, and health professionals.

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309162475
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 3 million U.S. military personnel were sent to Southeast Asia to fight in the Vietnam War. Since the end of the Vietnam War, veterans have reported numerous health effects. Herbicides used in Vietnam, in particular Agent Orange have been associated with a variety of cancers and other long term health problems from Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes to heart disease. Prior to 1997 laws safeguarded all service men and women deployed to Vietnam including members of the Blue Navy. Since then, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has established that Vietnam veterans are automatically eligible for disability benefits should they develop any disease associated with Agent Orange exposure, however, veterans who served on deep sea vessels in Vietnam are not included. These "Blue Water Navy" veterans must prove they were exposed to Agent Orange before they can claim benefits. At the request of the VA, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined whether Blue Water Navy veterans had similar exposures to Agent Orange as other Vietnam veterans. Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure comprehensively examines whether Vietnam veterans in the Blue Water Navy experienced exposures to herbicides and their contaminants by reviewing historical reports, relevant legislation, key personnel insights, and chemical analysis to resolve current debate on this issue.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Assessment of the Health Risks from the Proposed Aerial Application of Malathion in Santa Clara County

Author : California. Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Assessment of the Health Risks from the Proposed Aerial Application of Malathion in Santa Clara County by : California. Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service

Download or read book Assessment of the Health Risks from the Proposed Aerial Application of Malathion in Santa Clara County written by California. Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Toxicological Profile for Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Toxicological Profile for Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pesticides

Author : Graham Matthews
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118975863
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Pesticides written by Graham Matthews and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crop protection continues to be an important component of modern farming to maintain food production to feed an expanding human population, but considerable changes have occurred in the regulation of pesticides in Europe in the last decade. The aim has been to reduce their impact on people and the environment. This has resulted in a major reduction in the number of chemicals approved for application on crops. In other parts of the world, a continuing expansion in the growing of genetically modified crops has also changed the pattern of pesticide use. In this second edition, Graham Matthews, updates how pesticides are registered and applied and the techniques used to mitigate their effects in the environment. Information on operator safety, protection of workers in crops treated with pesticides and spray drift affecting those who live in farming areas is also discussed. By bringing together the most recent research on pesticides in a single volume, this book provides a vital up to date resource for agricultural scientists, agronomists, plant scientists, plant pathologists, entomologists, environmental scientists, public health personnel, toxicologists and others working in the agrochemical industry and governments. It should assist development of improvements in harmonising regulation of pesticides in countries with limited resources for registration of pesticides.

Dermal Exposure

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : Environmental Health Criteria
ISBN 13 : 9789241572422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Dermal Exposure written by World Health Organization and published by Environmental Health Criteria. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety."

Public Health Impact of Pesticides Used in Agriculture

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Health Impact of Pesticides Used in Agriculture written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Production and use of pesticides - Toxic effects of pesticides - Short and long-term health effects of pesticides : epidemiological data - Populations at risk - Public health impact - Prevention of pesticide poisoning.

Soil pollution: a hidden reality

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251305056
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Soil pollution: a hidden reality written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document presents key messages and the state-of-the-art of soil pollution, its implications on food safety and human health. It aims to set the basis for further discussion during the forthcoming Global Symposium on Soil Pollution (GSOP18), to be held at FAO HQ from May 2nd to 4th 2018. The publication has been reviewed by the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soil (ITPS) and contributing authors. It addresses scientific evidences on soil pollution and highlights the need to assess the extent of soil pollution globally in order to achieve food safety and sustainable development. This is linked to FAO’s strategic objectives, especially SO1, SO2, SO4 and SO5 because of the crucial role of soils to ensure effective nutrient cycling to produce nutritious and safe food, reduce atmospheric CO2 and N2O concentrations and thus mitigate climate change, develop sustainable soil management practices that enhance agricultural resilience to extreme climate events by reducing soil degradation processes. This document will be a reference material for those interested in learning more about sources and effects of soil pollution.