Impact of pesticides use in agriculture: their benefits and hazards

By M. Aktar, D. Sengupta, A. Chowdhury. Interdisciplinary Toxicology, 2009

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Organochlorine pesticides, their toxic effects on living organisms and their fate in the environment (2016, background): “OC insecticides were earlier successfully used in control of malaria and typhus, yet they are banned in most of the advanced countries (Aktar et al. , 2009).”
Agriculture Development, Pesticide Application and Its Impact on the Environment (2021, background): “Aktar et al. (2009) also show that plants indirectly suffer from pesticide applications since pesticides are harmful to soil microorganisms and beneficial insects.”
A short review of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (2020, background): “However, chemical insecticides have been recently recognized as harmful substances that cause environmental pollution and bioaccumulation, and their use has decreased [74].”
Mechanisms of Plasma-Seed Treatments as a Potential Seed Processing Technology (2021, background): “Protectants, such as pesticides, and colorants make up the bulk of coatings and are applied mostly to crops and vegetables to mainly deter insects (44%), weeds, and fungi [8].”
Exposure to pesticides and the associated human health effects. (2017, background): “As pesticides are designed to be toxic to particular groups of organisms, they can have considerable adverse environmental effects on other living creatures as well as diverse media including air, soil, or water (Aktar et al., 2009).”