effects of pesticides on greenhouse workers and their produced products

Pesticides are chemicals used in agriculture but are known to produce adverse effects on humans. In this study, blood activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), gamma-glutamyl transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and leve...

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Published in:Toxicological and environmental chemistry 2012-02, Vol.94 (2), p.403-410
Main Authors: Ogut, Serdal, Kucukoner, Erdogan, Gultekin, Fatih
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adverse effects
Air pollution
alanine transaminase
aspartate transaminase
Blood
Catalase
clove
Enzymes
farm labor
Farmworkers
greenhouse worker
Greenhouses
humans
lactate dehydrogenase
Lycopersicon esculentum
malathion
pesticide
pesticide residues
Pesticides
Residues
Sod
superoxide dismutase
tomato
tomatoes
Transaminases
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Summary:Pesticides are chemicals used in agriculture but are known to produce adverse effects on humans. In this study, blood activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), gamma-glutamyl transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and levels of malondialdhyde (MDA) were determined in 44 greenhouse workers (24 tomato workers, 20 clove workers) and in tomato (24 samples) and clove (20 samples) products. At the end of this study, blood MDA levels and activities of ALT, AST, and LDH levels in greenhouse workers were significantly increased while SOD and CAT activity levels fell significantly. Pesticide residues were not found in agricultural worker blood. Malathion residues (average 0.8 ppm) were detected in tomatoes (8 samples) in these greenhouses. Data suggest that the health of the greenhouse workers may be adversely affected by pesticides.
ISSN:1029-0486
0277-2248
1029-0486
DOI:10.1080/02772248.2011.642662