Toxic epidemics caused by alimentary exposure to pesticides : A review
Food Additives and Contaminants
; 8(6): 755-76, 1991. Tab
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| ID: des-7086
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CR3.1
Localização: CR3.1; DES
ABSTRACT
Toxic epidemics have become a serious problem during the twentieth century, due mainly to the huge expansion over the last 50 years of the chemical industry, which has placed tens of thousands of new synthetic organic compounds in the human environment. In the particular case of chemical pesticides, their undiscriminating, widespread use, and harmful potential has been demostrated by the epidemics generated by accidental contamination by pesticides of foods consumed by man, resulting in high mortality and morbidity rates. We have analysed the main characteristics of 63 outbreaks of toxicity caused by alimentary exposure to pesticides described in the scientific literature of this century, with the aim of increasing knowledge and understanding of the factors that are conducive to them or that trigger their onset. Such episodes are good indicators of the incorrect use of these products and serve to demonstrate failures of the available safety systems. We conclude by identifying some preventive measures that could be used to avoid their future repetition.(AU)
Coleções:
Bases de dados temática
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3- Meta 3D Reforçar a capacidade de alerta precoce, redução e gestão de riscos de saúde nacionais e globais
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Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Riscos Biológicos
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Zoonoses
Base de dados:
Desastres
Assunto principal:
Praguicidas
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Contaminação de Alimentos
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Surtos de Doenças
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Food Additives and Contaminants
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Artigo