Abstract
Pesticides contamination is a global environmental and public health concern due to their carcinogenic and highly toxic nature
for all kind of living organisms including plants, animals and humans. Pakistan as an agriculture-based country, annually use
a huge amount of organochlorine pesticides (OC) to control insect pests and different diseases of crops, resulting in
environmental contaminations and their subsequent exposure to humans. Unfortunately, more than half million people are
endured annually from OC pesticides and other agro-chemicals poisoning in Pakistan. However, recent data on the uses,
contamination and exposure of pesticides in Pakistan are largely unavailable. This review summarizes the recent information
and provides data on consumption and contamination of pesticides with a particular focus on their exposure to humans in
Pakistan. Studies must be conducted to precisely determine the current use, contamination level and exposure of pesticides in
Pakistan.
Muhammad Imran Khan, M. Aqeel Shoukat, Rashad Qadri, Sardar Alam Cheema , Hafiz Nadeem Arif, Imran Ashraf, Nabeel Khan Niazi , Muhammad Azam, Safdar Bashir . (2020) USE, CONTAMINATION AND EXPOSURE OF PESTICIDES IN PAKISTAN: A REVIEW, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 57, Issue 1.
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