Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan
Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide, widely used in insect control. Unfortunately, it is also an acute neurotoxic compound to both insects and mammals, including humans, and has been responsible for many severe poisonings and several fatal cases. Endosulfan also imitates or enhances the effe...
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ftunivflavras:oai:localhost:1/36719 2023-06-11T04:09:36+02:00 Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan Patočka, Jiří Wu, Qinghua França, Tanos C. C. Ramalho, Teodorico C. Pita, Rene Kuča, Kamil 2016 application/pdf http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/36719 en_US eng Sociedade Brasileira de Química PATOČKA, J. et al. Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan. Química Nova, São Paulo, v. 39, n. 8, p. 987-994, 2016. http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/36719 acesso aberto Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Química Nova Endosulfan Organochlorine insecticides Hazardous substance Hormonal disruptor Health hazard Inseticidas organoclorados Artigo 2016 ftunivflavras 2023-05-29T12:42:27Z Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide, widely used in insect control. Unfortunately, it is also an acute neurotoxic compound to both insects and mammals, including humans, and has been responsible for many severe poisonings and several fatal cases. Endosulfan also imitates or enhances the effect of the female hormone estrogen, having the capability of causing reproductive and developmental damage in both, animals and humans, and its exposure has been linked to liver tissue injury. This persistent lipophilic compound is one of the most abundant organochlorine pesticides in the environment, capable of undergoing long range transport to remote locations such as the Arctic. It is practically water-insoluble, but readily adheres to clay particles and persists in soil and water for several years. Its indiscriminate and injudicious use in the control of insects on a wide range of agricultural products and in the extermination of house-hold pests, has considerably increased the hazard risk for human health. Also, this compound has a high fatality rate in humans when ingested accidentally, from food or water contaminated, or in suicidal cases. The aim of this article is to review and summarize chemical, biochemical, environmental, and toxicological data of endosulfan and draw attention to its toxicological potential risk to human health. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Human health Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal de Lavras (RIUFLA) Arctic |
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Endosulfan is an organochlorine insecticide, widely used in insect control. Unfortunately, it is also an acute neurotoxic compound to both insects and mammals, including humans, and has been responsible for many severe poisonings and several fatal cases. Endosulfan also imitates or enhances the effect of the female hormone estrogen, having the capability of causing reproductive and developmental damage in both, animals and humans, and its exposure has been linked to liver tissue injury. This persistent lipophilic compound is one of the most abundant organochlorine pesticides in the environment, capable of undergoing long range transport to remote locations such as the Arctic. It is practically water-insoluble, but readily adheres to clay particles and persists in soil and water for several years. Its indiscriminate and injudicious use in the control of insects on a wide range of agricultural products and in the extermination of house-hold pests, has considerably increased the hazard risk for human health. Also, this compound has a high fatality rate in humans when ingested accidentally, from food or water contaminated, or in suicidal cases. The aim of this article is to review and summarize chemical, biochemical, environmental, and toxicological data of endosulfan and draw attention to its toxicological potential risk to human health. |
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Patočka, Jiří Wu, Qinghua França, Tanos C. C. Ramalho, Teodorico C. Pita, Rene Kuča, Kamil |
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Patočka, Jiří Wu, Qinghua França, Tanos C. C. Ramalho, Teodorico C. Pita, Rene Kuča, Kamil |
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Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan |
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Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan |
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Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan |
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PATOČKA, J. et al. Clinical aspects of the poisoning by the pesticide endosulfan. Química Nova, São Paulo, v. 39, n. 8, p. 987-994, 2016. http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/36719 |
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