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Physiologic Effects of Pesticide Use
Author(s) -
Durham William F.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1965.tb01517.x
Subject(s) - pesticide , ingestion , environmental chemistry , carbamate , toxicology , persistence (discontinuity) , environmental science , chemistry , pesticide residue , biology , agronomy , organic chemistry , biochemistry , geotechnical engineering , engineering
This article reviews some of the data available on the toxic hazard to man from the use of the modern synthetic pesticides. The chlorinated‐hydrocarbon group of pesticides is considered almost exclusively, because the persistence of these chemicals as residues in food and water makes them of greater general importance than the more labile organic phosphorus and carbamate compounds. DDT storage in body fat is examined, along with trends in storage levels, ingestion of DDT, total‐diet studies, volunteer experiments, occupation exposure, pesticides in water, and ingestion with water.