SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Pesticide Research on Environmental and Human Exposure and Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review.
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- Pesticide exposure and the risk of arterial hypertension and obesity in farm workers: a systematic review of literature.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Environmental Risks of Pesticide Residues in the Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia: A Review.Environmental management · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Pesticide Exposure from the Agricultural Sector in Africa: A Workshop Report.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Educational Intervention Effects on Pesticide-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Exposure, and Health Among Ugandan Smallholder Farmers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of public health · 2025Trial
- Pesticide Use and Safety Behaviors Among Farmers in Rwanda's Eastern Province: Perspectives from Sector Officers on Drivers, Factors, and Gender Differences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Unequal harvests: AI-assisted evidence map of trends and gaps in global farmer health research along SDG 3 priorities.BMJ open · 2026Review
- Environmental Justice and Pesticides in the Global South-A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Pesticide and pharmaceutical pollution in South Africa: a review of sources, impacts, and policy gaps.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Review
- Pesticide-specific case fatality and clinical outcomes among poisoning cases in Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Engineering smallholder common bean cropping systems with flowering plants increases hoverfly populations and crop yields.Frontiers in insect science · 2026Article
- Advancing One Health surveillance with non-invasive biomonitoring: a review of persistent pesticide exposure assessment using external keratinized animal tissue.One health outlook · 2025Review
- Assessment of Unintentional Acute Pesticide Poisoning (UAPP) Amongst Cotton Farmers in Tanzania.Toxics · 2025Article
- Organochlorine pesticides in Ethiopian waters: Implications for environmental and human health.Toxicology reports · 2024Review
- Evaluating and Enhancing an Educational Intervention to Reduce Smallholder Farmers' Exposure to Pesticides in Uganda Through a Digital, Systematic Approach to Behavior Change: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Association of pesticide exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes among avocado farmworkers in Mexico.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2024Article
- The Body, the Brain, the Environment, and Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Parkinson's Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pesticides as a Double-Edged Sword.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Early and Late Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Responses ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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- Collection of Data on Pesticides in Maize and Tomato in Africa: Protocol for Africa Pesticide Residue Survey Study.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2023Article
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Abstract
On the African continent, ongoing agriculture intensification is accompanied by the increasing use of pesticides, associated with environmental and public health concerns. Using a systematic literature review, we aimed to map current geographical research hotspots and gaps around environmental and public health risks research of agriculture pesticides in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Studies were included that collected primary data on past and current-used agricultural pesticides and assessed their environmental occurrence, related knowledge, attitude and practice, human exposure, and environmental or public health risks between 2006 and 2021. We identified 391 articles covering 469 study sites in 37 countries in SSA. Five geographical research hotspots were identified: two in South Africa, two in East Africa, and one in West Africa. Despite its ban for agricultural use, organochlorine was the most studied pesticide group (60%; 86% of studies included DDT). Current-used pesticides in agriculture were studied in 54% of the study sites (including insecticides (92%), herbicides (44%), and fungicides (35%)). Environmental samples were collected in 67% of the studies (e.g., water, aquatic species, sediment, agricultural produce, and air). In 38% of the studies, human subjects were investigated. Only few studies had a longitudinal design or assessed pesticide's environmental risks; human biomarkers; dose-response in human subjects, including children and women; and interventions to reduce pesticide exposure. We established a research database that can help stakeholders to address research gaps, foster research collaboration between environmental and health dimensions, and work towards sustainable and safe agriculture systems in SSA.
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