Before I will share my personal encounter about toxicology, I will give you first the meaning of toxicology. Toxicology is a study of scientific discipline involved the composition and mechanism related to the adverse or side effects of different drugs or chemical agents. This chemical agent contains a poisonous substance that produce by living cells or organisms.
Personal Experienced….
When I was a child about 3 years old, we have a farm that is being run by my grandfather, as a farmer, my grandfather made used of insecticides for the maintenance of the quality of his crops, one day, while my grandfather was preparing his things to bring on his way to the farm at the garage, I came in and played with the things that my grandfather will about to bring.
My grandfather was busy then, so he barely didn’t noticed me playing with some of his things, since I was a child then, I don’t know what insecticide is, because of my innocence, what happened was , I put some of the insecticide into my mouth and eat, I even offered it to my grandfather thinking it was really a food. But because of his busyness, he just ignored me, it was only then my mother went to the garage and saw me eating the insecticide, she hurriedly grab the insecticide to me, opened my mouth in an attempt to get rid some of the insecticide inside my mouth, it was also then that they decided to bring me to the hospital.
Pesticides can be dangerous to consumers. There are concerns that pesticides used to control pests on food crops are dangerous to people who consume those foods. These concerns are one reason for the organic food movement. Many food crops, including fruits and vegetables, contain pesticide residues after being washed or peeled. Chemicals that are no longer used but that are resistant to breakdown for long periods may remain in soil and water and thus in food.
These are the adverse effects of the pesticides on human health:
- Asthma
- Birth Defects
- Neurological Effects
- Cancer
- Hormone Disruption
References:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whappen/2411315387/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide
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