Open AccessTOKSIKOLOŠKI IZVEŠTAJ O TROVANJU PESTICIDIMA U JUGOISTOČNOM REGIONU SRBIJE TOKOM 2020. GODINE
Author(s) -
E. Kostić,
Marija Vujović
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zbornik radova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2584-6159
pISSN - 0350-8552
DOI - 10.46793/sbt26.313k
Subject(s) - pesticide , piperonyl butoxide , pendimethalin , toxicology , medicine , biology , chemical control , agronomy , horticulture
Pesticides are substances widely used in agriculture, which are the cause of acute poisoning in a significant percentage worldwide. The aim of this paper is to analyze cases of pesticide poisoning during 2020, according to the data of the Toxicology Laboratory of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Nis. Pesticide poisoning has been proven in 18 cases (8.11% of all cases). Organophosphate pesticides were detected in nine cases, glyphosate in five, pendimethalin in two, while metolachlor and piperonyl butoxide were detected in one case each. Data on cases of poisoning indicate that education on the proper use of pesticides is necessary in order to reduce the number of acute and chronic poisonings.