pesticide exposure
Toxic spray encounter
Pesticide exposure is contact with chemical agents designed to kill insects, weeds, fungi, or other pests.
The term usually implies harmful or potentially harmful contact—through skin absorption, inhalation, or ingestion.
Farmworkers face occupational pesticide exposure; residents near agricultural areas may experience environmental exposure.
The study linked childhood leukemia to pesticide exposure during pregnancy.
- crop dustingAircraft spraying farmland
- inhalationTaking breath in
- ingestionConsuming into the body
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- field workersAgricultural labor force
neurotoxicity · agricultural runoff · chemical runoff · buffer zones · biodiversity loss · Silent Spring · carcinogenicity · cancer risk · water contamination · bioaccumulation · glyphosate · developmental disorders · birth defects · protective equipment · immune suppression · water pollution · organophosphates · nausea
- farm safetyfarm safety, injury prevention, safety training, protective gear, PPE
- toxic hazardsasbestos, arsenic, neurotoxins, benzene, lead poisoning
- toxicologytoxicology, poison, toxin, venom, toxicity
- Gulf War illnessGulf War syndrome, depleted uranium, oil fires, burn pits, anthrax vaccine
- toxic tortsmesothelioma, lead poisoning, silicosis, Agent Orange, toxic mold
- farm laborfarmhands, farm labor, field hand, field hands, farm hand
pesticide exposureorganic farming
Cultivation without synthetic chemicals
natural pest control · permaculture · companion planting · clean eating