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Bengie Synthetics Nku Ni
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. Chemicals are affecting aqu Human exposure to Environmental toxicologists
atic environments and may be hazardous chemicals ca aim to understand the effects
coming back ... Coast to study n occur at the source or of chemicals and physical
chemicals the effects of the pollutants the chemical ... you sick agents — such as dust, mould,
on these marine animals. or cause adverse health cigarette smoke, vehicle
effects, or have exhaust, pesticides, radiation
any affect on your and heavy metals — on both
health. human health and ecosystems
Pets may be exposed when Pesticides can cause Pesticides are used to kill the
we use pesticides in and short-term adverse pests and insects which attack
around our homes and
health effects, called on crops and harm them.
gardens.
Pesticides are used on acute effects, as well as Different kinds of pesticides
petsand livestock to get chronic adverse effects have been used for crop
rid of fleas, ticks and that can occur months protection for centuries.
mosquitoes. or years after exposure. Pesticides benefit the crops;
Animals may eat mice and Examples of acute however, they also impose a
rats that were poisoned by
health effects include serious negative impact on the
pesticides.
Animals may eat stinging eyes, rashes, environment. Excessive use of
pesticide pesticides that smell blisters, blindness, pesticides may lead to the
attractive, such as a nausea, dizziness, destruction of biodiversity.
rodent, gopher, or slug diarrhea and death. Many birds, aquatic organisms
baits. Examples of known and animals are under the
Livestock and honeybees
chronic effects are threat of harmful pesticides
may be exposed to
pesticides from direct cancers, birth defects, for their survival. Pesticides
application, applications to reproductive harm, are a concern for sustainability
barns and pastures, neurological and of environment and global
or drift from nearby developmental toxicity, stability.
agricultural crops. immunotoxicity, and
Wildlife may also be
disruption of the
unintentionally exposed to
pesticides by eating endocrine system.
poisoned animals or
application of forestry
pesticides.
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