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Pesticides are common agricultural chemicals widely used in farming practices to protect plants and animals from foreign pathogenic attacks and to control the rodent population. Pesticide covers different chemical agents such as herbicide, fungicide, nematicide, animal and insect repellent, etc. Besides their beneficial usage, pesticides are known to adversely affect nervous, gastrointestinal, reproductive, respiratory, and endocrine system as well as proved to be carcinogenic agents. The present chapter discusses the major pesticide classes which are being used in the agriculture sector and other purposes and these have been reviewed with common examples. Further emphasis is given to the acute and chronic health effects after exposure to these hazardous chemicals. Recent advances in the bioremedial strategies of pesticides from the field and surface water using plant and microorganisms are systematically discussed. |
