About this Research Topic
Dating back to the 1990s, it has been documented that pesticides have been identified as a cause for significant human poisoning and a principal concern for public health. It was a this time that a task force of the world health organization (WHO) estimated that around one million unintentional pesticides poisonings with severe manifestations occur annually, leading to approximately 20,000 deaths. Despite this, there is limited data that estimates pesticide toxicity i.e. accidental or occupational poisoning with existing information failing to differentiate between intentional and unintentional poisonings, or between pesticide and other chemical toxicities.. Therefore, this research topic is looking to bring together scientific findings on the current status and data on pesticides use, commonly detected pesticides, food safety concerns, EU regulations, regulations and standards, role regulatory agencies, challenges in regulation of pesticide products and current interventions and actions to address pesticide issues.
Therefore, this research topic is aimed at bringing together scientific findings and facts on the status and data on pesticides use; commonly detected pesticides in foods; food safety concerns with regard to chemical residues; EU regulations, regulations and standards, and role regulatory agencies; challenges in regulation of pesticide products; and current interventions and actions to address pesticide issues.
We welcome original research articles with findings on pesticide or active ingredients in foods or its subgroups (e.g. insecticide, fungicides, herbicides) will be selected for publication. Related manuscripts on:
food safety, toxicites, human poisoning or health effects by surveys will also be considered in the review. In addition, we welcome manuscripts with data on the following themes, but not limited to:
- Current pesticide dietary risk assessment and chronic and short-termed exposure durations
- Public health impact of pesticides used in agriculture
- Farmer/producers’ practices in pesticide use
- Pre-harvest harvest interval and pesticide contamination
- Pesticide use standards and regulations
- Health risk assessments
- Exposure and health impacts on horticultural farmers and consumers
Keywords: Food Safety, Pesticides, Harmful ingredients, Active Ingredients, Toxicity, Consumer Risk, Regulations
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