Decreased semen quality in agricultural workers from Southern Mexico: A longitudinal study

Pérez-Herrera, Norma; Polanco-Minaya, H.; Salazar-Arredondo, E.; Solís-Heredia, M.J.; Alvarado-Mejía, J.; Castillo-Burguete, Teresa; Borja-Aburto, Victor Hugo; González-Navarrete, L.; Quintanilla‐Vega, Betzabet

doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.199

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“…We developed focal groups to present our results to the individuals participating in the study. Agricultural workers in Muna raised concerns about their spouses being exposed to pesticides by indirect ways through storing them at home and washing their clothes contaminated with pesticides (Pérez-Herrera et al 2013).…”

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Pesticide Exposure Index: Practices Among Women From an Agricultural Community in Southeast Mexico

Pérez-Herrera

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Castillo-Burguete

et al. 2018

Rev. Int. Contam. Ambie.

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The adverse effects of pesticides on public health have been well documented in different populations across the world. Families of agricultural workers, particularly their wives, face pesticide exposures through a number of complex patterns even when they do not directly engage in agricultural work. Nonetheless, these patterns of exposure among women in agricultural communities remain understudied. Unfortunately, in Mexico there are no studies examining these patterns yet. In consequence, the main goals of this study were to: 1) evaluate pesticide exposure in a rural community of Southeast Mexico, 2) examine the patterns of environmental and para-occupational pesticide exposure, and 3) document the para-occupational and environmental pesticide exposure among women who are not agricultural workers but have an agricultural family or are wives of agricultural workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 78 women who did not themselves participate in any agricultural activity, but lived in an agricultural community. Questionnaires and interviews were used to construct a Pesticide Exposure Index (PEI) estimating the degree of pesticide exposure among women from agricultural families and wives of agricultural workers. Through the PEI we showed that women living in agricultural communities using pesticides are inherently exposed to a certain level of pesticides. With the PEI we showed that women from agricultural families, especially wives of agricultural workers, have a long-term para-occupational pesticide exposure that should not be underestimated because they are not agricultural workers.

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Pesticide Exposure Index: Practices Among Women From an Agricultural Community in Southeast Mexico

Pérez-Herrera

Vera-Avilés

Castillo-Burguete

et al. 2018

Rev. Int. Contam. Ambie.

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“…Paraoxonase (PON1) enzyme was considered to be one of the most important biomarker of susceptibility to long term exposure to OP pesticides. Alterations in this serum concentrations and enzyme activity may contribute to inter individual variations in disease susceptibility (12)(13)(14)(15)(16).From previous animal studies it is evident that low or no serum PON-1 activity animals were found to be more sensitive to OP toxicity than high activity animals (17). Apart from polymorphisms PON-1 levels also play a major role in modulating the toxicity of OPs.…”

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Health Problems and Reproductive outcomes of Women Agricultural Workers Exposed to Organophosphate Pesticides

Priyanka¹

2018

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Organophosphate pesticides (OPs) are a group of toxic insecticides used in agriculture for protection against pests. They persist as environmental contaminants and pose significant risk to human health by causing respiratory system disorders, nervous system disorders, reproductive disorders and certain cancers. In the present study epidemiological and reproductive performance data of 500 women agricultural workers exposed to OP pesticides and 500 age and sex matched controls with same socio economic status was evaluated using standard questionnaire. Serum paraoxonase levels were analyzed by ELISA kit method. Statistical analysis revealed a significant increase in the frequency of abortions, stillbirths, neonatal deaths and congenital defects in the offspring of the exposed group when compared to the controls. There was a decrease in the frequency of fertile females and live births were observed in the exposed group when compared to the data from controls. Serum paraoxonase levels were also significantly low in the exposed group (7.61 ng/mL) when compared to control group (13.09ng/mL).The findings suggest that prolonged exposure to organophosphate pesticides with low serum PON1 levels may induce adverse health and reproductive problems in women agricultural workers.

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Decreased semen quality in agricultural workers from Southern Mexico: A longitudinal study

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Pesticide Exposure Index: Practices Among Women From an Agricultural Community in Southeast Mexico

Pesticide Exposure Index: Practices Among Women From an Agricultural Community in Southeast Mexico

Health Problems and Reproductive outcomes of Women Agricultural Workers Exposed to Organophosphate Pesticides

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