Pesticide risk - case studies.

Abstract

Abstract This chapter discusses the sources of exposure to pesticides, i.e. from application and residues. The effects of pesticide exposure to crop beneficials (including various insects, mites, nematodes, fungi, bacteria and other microorganisms that feed on or parasitize pest species), pollinators and aquatic organisms are also described. The genotoxicity risk (including cancer and other chronic pathologies in humans, mainly in work places) of pesticide exposure and the regulation of pesticide exposure are explained.