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Pesticide poisonings Pakistan

A UN report estimated that approximately 500,000 people a year are poisoned by pesticides in Pakistan of which 10,000 die. [Pg.26]

As with drugs, an important factor in the toxicity of OPs can be the effect of simultaneous exposure to other chemicals, including other pesticides and contaminants. The effects may be difficult to predict as some chemicals can increase while others inhibit detoxication, and with some organophosphates there are multiple metabolic pathways. If two or more pesticides are sprayed by the same operator within a short time there could be dangerous and unexpected interactions. The same may apply to wildlife in the vicinity of the spraying. A poisoning incident in Pakistan illustrates this problem and the difficulty of predicting such events. [Pg.102]


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