Distribution of pesticides in agricultural and urban soils of Brazil: a critical review

Fernandes, Caroline Lopes Feijó; Volcão, Lisiane Martins; Ramires, Paula Florêncio; Moura, Renata Rodrigues de; Júnior, Flávio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva

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“…However, the misuse and non-compliance with registered concentrations can have harmful consequences for both the environment and human health. Nonetheless, the excessive use of these chemicals affects the entire ecosystem by influencing food chain actors and polluting soil, groundwater, and surface water [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Humans are exposed to pesticides through various routes such as inhalation, ingestion, and dermal contact.…”

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Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Regarding Carcinogenic Pesticides in Fez Meknes Region (Morocco)

Khadda

Fagroud

Karmoudi

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Pesticides play an important role in the improvement of agricultural production, but their use may result in adverse effects on the environment, consumers, and farmers’ health. As there are limited data focusing on the factors influencing safety behavior toward pesticide use in Morocco, we conducted a cross-sectional survey in 15 rural communities of Morocco’s Fes Meknes region to assess the attitudes, knowledge, and practices regarding pesticide use. A structured questionnaire was completed, containing the data of the interviewed farmers, their behavior towards safety measures, the type of active ingredient used, as well as the perception of risks to their own health following exposure to pesticides by the existence of chronic, self-perceived symptoms. Non-probability (empirical) sampling with the quota method was carried out, which consists of constructing the sample. Results showed that most respondents have not been trained in the application of pesticides, with almost half of the farmers using a category of pesticides which are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as probable human carcinogenic (i.e., Glyphosate, Malathion). In terms of pesticide storage, 40% of farmers said that they did not store pesticides in a separate room after purchasing or using them. The empty containers were buried or burnt by half of the responders, while the remainder were thrown at the edge of fields or in public dumps. Although the participants were aware of the negative effects on their own health and on the environment caused by the application of pesticides in use, the protection measures by individual equipment were insufficient. A canonical analysis indicates that these behaviors were influenced by the farming experience, the benefit of the agricultural council services, the follow-up of training, and the education level. These variables are important factors in explaining and understanding the dangers to both the environment and health caused by pesticides. The most recorded likely consequences of pesticide exposure were visual impairment (46%), followed by dizziness (44.3%), headache (39.4%), and excessive sweating (34.4%), and 30.2% of participants identified consequent respiratory problems. Extension services targeted at safety and protection measures should be developed and accompanied by educational programs to put farmers’ perceptions into practice and encourage them to adopt healthy and environmentally friendly behaviors.

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Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Regarding Carcinogenic Pesticides in Fez Meknes Region (Morocco)

Khadda

Fagroud

Karmoudi

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…Among them, pesticides are the most common contaminants in the agricultural field (Wołejko et al, 2020), and their persistence in the soil can alter the physico-chemical structure and microbiota composition causing a negative impact on soil biodiversity (Diez et al, 2017). Indeed, the extensive use of pesticides has gradually led to soil contamination with proven damages to environmental health (Fernandes et al, 2020;Kafaei et al, 2020). Reported data using DGGE-PCR studies confirmed that the chemical nature and the doses used play a role in the disturbance of microbiological complexity of the soil.…”

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Sub-Lethal Effects of Pesticides on the DNA of Soil Organisms as Early Ecotoxicological Biomarkers

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“…Application of fertilizers to increase the nutrients contents ultimately decrease the soil fertility [10]. Organochlorines have been detected highest in the soil of Brazil [24]. Glyphosate with AMPA were highest in European agricultural fields because of the persistent behaviour [25].…”

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Utilization of Advanced Technologies for in-situ Remediation of Polluted Soil to avoid Ecological Risks: A Review

Pandey¹,

Singh²,

Gupta³

et al. 2021

Adv. Mater. Lett.

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Distribution of pesticides in agricultural and urban soils of Brazil: a critical review

Abstract: The extensive use of pesticides leads to soil contamination and is harmful to environmental health.

Cited by 47 publications

References 41 publications

Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Regarding Carcinogenic Pesticides in Fez Meknes Region (Morocco)

Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Regarding Carcinogenic Pesticides in Fez Meknes Region (Morocco)

Sub-Lethal Effects of Pesticides on the DNA of Soil Organisms as Early Ecotoxicological Biomarkers

Utilization of Advanced Technologies for in-situ Remediation of Polluted Soil to avoid Ecological Risks: A Review

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