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Nutrition Vs pesticide toxicity.

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Title Nutrition Vs pesticide toxicity.
 
Creator Krishnamurthy, K.
 
Subject 17 Toxicology
 
Description Pestcides are presenlly being used in increasing amounts in the fields of food
production, preservation and control of vectors of disease~ of man and livestock,
All these chemicals arf" loxic in naTure and their residues on foods result in
chronic toxicity hazards which involve the whole of living beings all over the
globe. The majority of poopIe in India, South East Asian countries, Africa and
South America are chronically underfed both in quantity and quality and also
subjected to various stress conditions, and these factors are likely to influence
the toxicity of pesticide residues 10 the consumers.
The present article deals with subjects - pesticide residues in man, etc.,
phannacological and biochemical studies on pesticide residues, toxicity of a
chemical as influenced by diet, influence of diet on liver condition and conclusions.
There are no mathematical means by which one can arrive at a tolerance
level of pesticides to suit people subjected to different stress conditions and so,
precaution should be exercised in the application of pesticides especially in
countries where malnourishment is widely prevalent.
 
Date 1964
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Krishnamurthy, K. (1964) Nutrition Vs pesticide toxicity. Proceedings of the symposium on Pesticides, Mysore, 18. pp. 319-334.