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Author Paz y Miño Cepeda, César, author.

Title Genetic, health and environmental impacts caused by glyphosate in Ecuador / César Paz-y-Miño and Andrés López-Cortés
Published New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
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Series Biochemistry research trends
Biochemistry research trends series.
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 ORGANISMSREFERENCES; 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
2. MOBILITY IN SOILS3. 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
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
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Includes index
Bibliography REFERENCESChapter 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
Subject Glyphosate -- Environmental aspects -- Ecuador
Glyphosate -- Physiological effect -- Ecuador
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Glyphosate -- Environmental aspects
Glyphosate -- Physiological effect
Ecuador
Form Electronic book
Author López-Cortés, Andrés, author
ISBN 9781633216501
1633216500