ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020
Stock status, urban public perception, and health risk assessment of obsolete pesticide in Northern Ethiopia.
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- Organochlorine pesticides in Ethiopian waters: Implications for environmental and human health.Toxicology reports · 2024Review
- DDT and Its Metabolites in Ethiopian Aquatic Ecosystems: Environmental and Health Implications.Environmental health insights · 2024Review
- Assessment of Perceptions and Cancer Risks of Workers at a Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Contaminated Hotspot in Ethiopia.Journal of health & pollution · 2021Article
- Evaluation of work place pesticide concentration and health complaints among women workers in tea plantation, Southern India.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pesticides are widely used chemicals in the agricultural sector to control pests, diseases, and other plant pathogens. This study aimed to assess the storage conditions of pesticides, the community perception, and health risk of pesticide exposure. The study was conducted in three different zonal cities in Ethiopia, East Africa, namely Mekelle, Aksum, and Alamata. Community perception was studied in a community living near a pesticide stockpile with a cross-sectional study of 384 randomly selected households. In addition, questionnaires were administered, a field investigation was conducted, and focused group discussions with responsible bodies were held to assess storage condition. Accidental ingestion and inhalation were considered to determine average daily exposure (ADE) and incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR). This study reveals that all obsolete and banned hazardous pesticides were stored in one area. The storage sites were only secured with simple locks and exposed to rain, sunlight, and temperature variation. The majority of the residents perceived that pesticides pose risk to human health (46.6%), to the environment (28.4%), and to animals (25%). The association between residence proximity of respondents to the store and side effect of obsolete pesticides is statistically significant (p = 0.008). Children aged 2 years and below have higher ADE when exposed to the same concentration of contaminant via inhalation. The probability of a person developing cancer was very low with a risk value of 2.54E-08 and 1.65E-07 as a result of exposure to air containing heptachlor and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), respectively.
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