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Pesticide Use
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Pesticide Use
This paper discusses the influence of perticide use on Free Radicals: Definition, uses, dangers, impact on free radical molecules in consumers, symptoms and regulations.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages) |
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1994
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"In recent years, there has been mounting concern over the possible effects of pesticide residues in food. The use of such substances in agriculture is both necessary and widespread. However, many of these materials have been associated with various pathophysiologic phenomena. For example, the herbicide, paraquat, exerts its toxic effects through the intracellular formation of free radicals. Fortunately though, government regulatory mechanisms serve to minimize public exposure.According to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, a pesticide is defined as "any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, or weeds, or any other forms of life declared to be pests; and ... "
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"Pesticide Use" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Pesticide-Use/21689>
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