Clinical Toxicology of Pesticides

Clinical Toxicology of Pesticides defines and classifies exposure and poisoning, addresses difficulties inherent in classification and nomenclature, explores epidemiological aspects in different parts of the world and describes the regulatory processes developed to ensure the safety of the residues in the food and water consumed by such a large proportion of the world’s population. The reader will find details of the mode of action, regulatory status, and the mechanisms by which each pesticide produces its toxic effects. The toxicokinetics of the pesticide following exposure by different routes are described,and an extensive description of the features of poisoning is given. Specific and detailed advice on optimal management, informed by current knowledge, is provided. In addition, there are sections on genotoxicity and carcinogenicity, as well as teratogenicity and reprotoxicity. The book is extensively referenced, and literature on pesticide poisoning up to 2026 has been cited to support each chapter. Clinical Toxicology of Pesticides is as comprehensive as possible in respect of the pesticides covered and includes fumigants, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides, and rodenticides, as well as insect synergists and insect repellents. The book also deals with pesticides considered obsolete in developed countries but still extensively used and misused in other as these pesticides are toxicologically and clinically important, and add an international dimension to the book that is not available elsewhere. The book will be of interest not only to clinical toxicologists and staff in poisons centres but also to emergency physicians, critical care specialists, occupational physicians and those employed in the agrichemical sector.
This book offers comprehensive coverage of the human toxicology of pesticides, including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides and molluscicides Written by experienced, internationally recognized, clinical toxicologists this book provides practicing clinicians with the evidence base to provide optimal care for their patients Coverage of the mechanisms of toxicity of pesticides to aid better understanding of poisoning symptoms and to enable formulation rational treatment