There has been no toxicologic proof that the long-term, low-level
exposure of man to chlorophenothane (DDT) is linked with an
increased susceptibility to toxicity or disease. Acute pretreatment
of rats with 75-100 mg/kg DDT has been demonstrated to potentiate
CCI₄-induced hepatotoxicity in that species (McLean and McLean,
1966). Since the...
More than 2.3 billion pounds of pesticides with a value of $4.1 billions are applied by farmworkers to agricultural crops each year. These chemicals applied to farm lands lead not only to acute and chronic health effects, they also enter the groundwater and food chain of populations. In recent years...
Vernalization plays a fundamental role in the adaptation of winter cereals to their growing environment by controlling their growth habit, thereby allowing them to escape cold injury. Because of the climatic conditions of the region, dry summers and wet winters, growers sometimes cannot plant all of their winter wheat in...
Two Oregon reservoirs contaminated by different mercury
sources were compared for mercury distribution in sediment and
bioaccumulation by fish. The average mercury concentration in
the sediment of Cottage Grove reservoir (0.67 ± 0.05 μg/g dry
wt) was higher than for Dorena Reservoir (0.12 ± 0.01 μg/g dry
wt). Sediment mercury...
Despite the increase in information on the causes of foodborne disease, outbreaks continue to be a major preventable public health problem. Current food service establishment inspection programs, however, are not designed to assess the potential of risk for foodborne disease and do not focus prevention efforts where food service problems...