Hazardous effects of chemical pesticides on human health–Cancer and other associated disorders

A Sabarwal, K Kumar, RP Singh - Environmental toxicology and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Poisoning from pesticides is a global public health problem and accounts for nearly 300,000
deaths worldwide every year. Exposure to pesticides is inevitable; there are different modes …

Effect of endocrine disruptor pesticides: a review

W Mnif, AIH Hassine, A Bouaziz, A Bartegi… - International journal of …, 2011‏ - mdpi.com
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are compounds that alter the normal functioning of
the endocrine system of both wildlife and humans. A huge number of chemicals have been …

Pyrethroid pesticides as endocrine disruptors: molecular mechanisms in vertebrates with a focus on fishes

SM Brander, MK Gabler, NL Fowler… - … science & technology, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Pyrethroids are now the fourth most used group of insecticides worldwide. Employed in
agriculture and in urban areas, they are detected in waterways at concentrations that are …

Organophosphate insecticide use and cancer incidence among spouses of pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study

CC Lerro, S Koutros, G Andreotti… - Occupational and …, 2015‏ - oem.bmj.com
Objectives Organophosphates (OPs) are among the most commonly used insecticides. OPs
have been linked to cancer risk in some epidemiological studies, which have been largely …

Thyroid-disrupting chemicals and brain development: an update

BB Mughal, JB Fini, BA Demeneix - Endocrine connections, 2018‏ - ec.bioscientifica.com
This review covers recent findings on the main categories of thyroid hormone–disrupting
chemicals and their effects on brain development. We draw mostly on epidemiological and …

Endocrine disrupting pesticides: implications for risk assessment

R McKinlay, JA Plant, JNB Bell, N Voulvoulis - Environment international, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting (ED) chemicals are compounds that alter the normal functioning of the
endocrine system, potentially causing disease or deformity in organisms and their offspring …

Organophosphate toxicity: updates of malathion potential toxic effects in mammals and potential treatments

AM Badr - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020‏ - Springer
Organophosphorus insecticides toxicity is still considered a major global health problem.
Malathion is one of the most commonly used organophosphates nowadays, as being …

The potential of biochar-based catalysts in advanced treatment technologies for efficacious removal of persistent organic pollutants from wastewater: A review

A Ahmad, M Priyadarshini, S Yadav… - … Research and Design, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like pharmaceuticals, personal care products,
pesticides and surfactants are found at trace environmental concentrations and possess …

Assessing hormone receptor activities of pyrethroid insecticides and their metabolites in reporter gene assays

G Du, O Shen, H Sun, J Fei, C Lu, L Song… - Toxicological …, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Pyrethroid insecticides, the most commonly used insecticides worldwide, are suspected
endocrine-disrupting chemicals. But their interactions with hormone receptors are still …

CAR and PXR: xenosensors of endocrine disrupters?

XC Kretschmer, WS Baldwin - Chemico-biological interactions, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The pregnane X-receptor (PXR) and the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) are orphan
nuclear receptors activated by a variety of ligands. Currently it remains uncertain whether …