ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014
Measuring pesticide ecological and health risks in West African agriculture to establish an enabling environment for sustainable intensification.
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- Interventions to Reduce Pesticide Exposure from the Agricultural Sector in Africa: A Workshop Report.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Pesticide Research on Environmental and Human Exposure and Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Assessment of dermal exposure to pesticides among farmers using dosimeter and hand washing methods.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Agrochemicals Use Practices and Health Challenges of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana.Environmental health insights · 2021Article
- Effect of Agrochemical Exposure on Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae Survival and Activity.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2020Article
- Ecological risk assessment of agricultural pesticides in the highly productive Ndop flood plain in Cameroon using the PRIMET model.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Polar pesticide contamination of an urban and peri-urban tropical watershed affected by agricultural activities (Yaoundé, Center Region, Cameroon).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Agrochemicals increase risk of human schistosomiasis by supporting higher densities of intermediate hosts.Nature communications · 2018Article
- Multi-class chemical exposure in rural Peru using silicone wristbands.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2017Article
- Acute effects of binary mixtures of Type II pyrethroids and organophosphate insecticides on Oreochromis niloticus.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2017Article
- Influence of the agrochemicals used for rice and vegetable cultivation on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in southern Côte d'Ivoire.Malaria journal · 2016Article
- Silicone wristbands detect individuals' pesticide exposures in West Africa.Royal Society open science · 2016Article
- Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa.Insects · 2015Article
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Abstract
We outline an approach to pesticide risk assessment that is based upon surveys of pesticide use throughout West Africa. We have developed and used new risk assessment models to provide, to our knowledge, the first detailed, geographically extensive, scientifically based analysis of pesticide risks for this region. Human health risks from dermal exposure to adults and children are severe enough in many crops to require long periods of up to three weeks when entry to fields should be restricted. This is impractical in terms of crop management, and regulatory action is needed to remove these pesticides from the marketplace. We also found widespread risks to terrestrial and aquatic wildlife throughout the region, and if these results were extrapolated to all similar irrigated perimeters in the Senegal and Niger River Basins, they suggest that pesticides could pose a significant threat to regional biodiversity. Our analyses are presented at the regional, national and village levels to promote regulatory advances but also local risk communication and management. Without progress in pesticide risk management, supported by participatory farmer education, West African agriculture provides a weak context for the sustainable intensification of agricultural production or for the adoption of new crop technologies.
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