Genetic, health and environmental impacts caused by glyphosate in Ecuador / César Paz-y-Miño, Andrés López-Cortés.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paz y Miño Cepeda, César, author.

López-Cortés, Andrés, author.

Series:

Biochemistry research trends series.

Biochemistry Research Trends

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glyphosate--Environmental aspects--Ecuador.

Glyphosate.

Glyphosate--Physiological effect--Ecuador.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Glyphosate is one of the most widely used chemical products worldwide and its manufacturer has considered it the safest herbicide for human health around the world under the stated technical conditions: a direct fumigation on weed, concentration use of between 1 to 3%, and low dose and low exposure time on the part of the person who is handling the herbicide. Glyphosate has a short lifespan, about three months, but the analyses on the environmental destination of this herbicide get to detect it up to two years later, especially in soils rich in iron. Whatever the case may be, it is obvious tha

Contents:

""GENETIC, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS CAUSED BY GLYPHOSATE IN ECUADOR""; ""GENETIC, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS CAUSED BY GLYPHOSATE IN ECUADOR""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HERBICIDE PACKAGE-MIX""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. GLYPHOSATE""; ""2. ROUNDUP: SURFACTANT, COADJUVANT, AND POLLUTANTS""; ""3. PLANT GENETIC RESISTANCE TO GLYPHOSATE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: TOXICOLOGY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEALTH""

""2. TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF PESTICIDES IN HUMANS""""3. TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES OF PESTICIDES IN OTHER ORGANISMS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: AERIAL SPRAYING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. ECUADORIAN AMAZON BIODIVERSITY: RESOURCES AND THREATS""; ""2. ORIGIN OF THE AERIAL SPRAYING""; ""3. HISTORY OF THE IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE AERIAL SPRAYING""; ""4. EFFECTS OF THE AERIAL SPRAYING ON THE COMMUNITY""; ""5. EFFECTS OF THE AERIAL SPRAYING ON CROPS""; ""6. EFFECTS OF THE AERIAL SPRAYING ON ANIMALS""; ""7. EFFECTS OF THE AERIAL SPRAYING ON WATER""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 4: BIOMONITORING IN THE PROVINCE OF SUCUMBIOS""""ABSTRACT""; ""1. AREA OF STUDY""; ""2. ORIGIN AND DATA OF THE POPULATION""; ""3. LIFE CONDITIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: GENETIC DIAGNOSIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES""; ""2. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES""; ""3. GPX-1 GENE""; ""4. GSTP1 GENE""; ""5. XRCC1 GENE""; ""6. CYTOGENETICS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: HEALTH DIAGNOSIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT""; ""2. HEALTH ASSESSMENT""; ""3. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH""; ""4. PERSONAL RECORD""; ""5. IMPACT OF THE AERIAL SPRAYING ON HEALTH""

""6. MEDICAL CHECK-UP""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS""; ""2. RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Chapter 8: ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE FOR GLYPHOSATE AND ITS MOBILITY""; ""2. MOBILITY IN SOILS""; ""3. GLYPHOSATE PERSISTENCE""; ""4. DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA""; ""5. SOIL SAMPLING""; ""6. FARMING SOIL QUALITY""; ""7. INDICATORS TO ASSESS SOIL QUALITY""; ""8. WATER QUALITY""; ""9. MICROBIOLOGICAL AND PARASITOLOGICAL ANALYSIS""; ""10. WATER QUALITY DETERMINATION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 9: MITIGATION AND REMEDIATION MECHANISMS""""ABSTRACT""; ""1. PLANTS AS A SOURCE OF ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS""; ""2. CONVENTIONAL PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS""; ""3. ENZYMATIC MECHANISMS""; ""4. OXIDATION MECHANISM""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 10: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. CONCLUSION""; ""2. SUGGESTIONS""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-650-0

OCLC:

914433330