scholarly journals Iğdır İli Tarım İşletmelerinin Zirai Mücadele Uygulamalarında Çevreye Duyarlılıkları / Environmental Awareness of Agricultural Enterprises in the Igdir Province of Turkey at Implementation of Plant Protection

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Yakup Erdal ERTÜRK ◽  
Yeşim BULAK ◽  
Ahmet ULUDAĞ
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises

Bu çalışmada Iğdır ilinde ve ilçelerinde bitki üretimi yapan tarım işletmesi sahiplerinin bitki korumayla ilgili uygulamalarını gerçekleştirirken, tabiata ve insan sağlığına verebilecekleri zarar hakkında bilgili olup olmadıkları araştırılmıştır. Çalışmanın verileri Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığı Iğdır İl Müdürlüğünün Çiftçi Kayıt Sisteminde kayıtlı toplam 104 tarım işletmesinin sahipleriyle yüz yüze yapılan anket çalışmalarıyla elde edilmiştir. Tarım ilâçlarının çevreye zararı konusunda çiftçilerin yarısına yakın kısmının zarar yoktur demesi, dörtte birinin de kalıntılar konusunda zararsız olacağını ifade etmesi çiftçinin bilinç seviyesinde yetersizliği ifade etmektedir. Bilhassa ilâçlama âletlerinin temizleme sularının atılmasında yeterli dikkatin gösterilmemesi, ilâç ambalajları ile kalan ilâçların muhafaza ve imhasındaki cevaplar çiftçilerin hem çevre hem de ziraî mücadele konusunda ki bilinçsizliğini göstermektedir. Environmental Awareness of Agricultural Enterprises in the Igdir Province of Turkey at Implementation of Plant Protection In this study, it was researched if farmers from the Igdir Province of Turkey have knowledge and awareness on effect of plant protection implementations on environment and human health. The data were collected from 104 enterprises, which have been recorded in Farmer Records System of the Igdir Province directorate of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry, through discussions face to face. Almost half of the farmers told that pesticides are harmless, and one forth that pesticide residues are harmless, which shows insufficiency in conciseness of farmers. Especially, that no attention was given cleaning water’ deposits, removing empty chemical’s packages, and storing remaining pesticides, showed lack of awareness on plant protection and environment.

Multi-pesticide residue analysis by high resolution mass spectrometry in complementary matrices: wheat flour, lettuce and apple samples

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (32) ◽  
pp. 3958-3967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilda Chiarello ◽  
Sidnei Moura
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Pesticide Residue ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
High Resolution Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Residue Analysis ◽  
Food Contamination ◽  
Pesticide Residue Analysis ◽  
Resolution Mass

Nowadays, food contamination with pesticide residues is prevalent, which can cause problems to human health.

scholarly journals Handling Disrupted Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic: Learners’ Experience in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Folashade Afolabi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Management System ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
Face To Face Learning

Coronavirus has affected not only the human health but also the educational sector. As a result of this pandemic, schools were forced to suspend face-to-face learning and implement an alternative method of learning which is online learning. The focus of this paper is to investigate the accessibility and efficiency of learning during the lockdown period. The paper examined the effectiveness of vodcast (video and podcast) lessons as a strategy in online teaching by using learning management system (LMS) and to what extent the strategy met the needs of the learners during the challenging period of the covid-19 pandemic. The study adopted mixed method research which consisted of three main phases of design. The questionnaire used in this study comprises 15 items and is divided into two sections and 50 participants participated in the study. The findings indicated that learners displayed positive perceptions towards the use of vodcast lessons during the pandemic period. Furthermore, they reported that online learning should be used to complement face-to-face teaching even after the pandemic period is over.

scholarly journals Impact of common tobacco products on human health and environmental pollution in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-143
Author(s):  
MA Mondol ◽  
AMM Hosain ◽  
S Sultana ◽  
S Marzia ◽  
MA Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Tobacco Product ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Young Smokers ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Worldwide, tobacco is one of the leading causes of disability and death. Over a million of pounds of toxic chemicals are released by tobacco products. This study aims to explore the effects of tobacco toxicants on human health and environmental pollution. Four districts (Dhaka, Kushtia, Chattogram and Rangpur) were selected where most of the tobacco product grown. Total 468 respondents were interviewed face-to-face using structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge about toxicant content in tobacco and health and environmental hazards of tobacco use. Survey results revealed that about 44.4% respondents used smoking tobacco products and 38.5% used smokeless tobacco, while only 17.1% used both. About two third (74.3%) of smoking tobacco users started smoking when they were between 15 to 24 years old and majority (61.6%) of smokeless tobacco users started tobacco when they were between 30 to 35 years above. Tobacco product has large impacts on health of young smokers. Smokers are suffering from various acute and chronic diseases. Among the respondents, 38% indicated that they were suffering from hypertension. The second most affected disease was COPD/Asthma (31.6%), while cancer was the least suffering disease (0.4%). Majority of the respondents were not aware about the presence of toxicants (i.e. nicotine, tar and metals) in tobacco products. However, 85.1% tobacco users had an idea about environmental pollution. There is a lack of knowledge among the survey respondents about toxicants in tobacco products that are linked to health hazards and environmental pollution. These results are important in strengthening existing policy considering adverse health effects of toxicants examined. Progressive Agriculture 31 (3): 130-143, 2020

scholarly journals White Hop Shoot Production in Slovenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateja Vidmar ◽  
Veronika Abram ◽  
Barbara Čeh ◽  
Lea Demšar ◽  
Nataša Poklar-Ulrih
Keyword(s):  
Chlorogenic Acid ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Shoot Production ◽  
Reducing Activity ◽  
Mass Basis

Harvesting of white hop shoots might be justified if they can be shown to be beneficial to human health. The aim of the present study is to determine the effects of hop cultivars and year of production on total phenolics, antioxidant potential, microelements and pesticide residues. Biomass per plant was highly variable among the cultivars (3.1-7.1 g dry mass per plant) and depended on hop cultivar and year (2009-2011). Total phenolics as chlorogenic acid equivalents (CAE) on dry mass basis varied from 0.60 to 1.80 mg/g, and showed significant effects across hop cultivar and year. The radical scavenging activities of the samples collected in years 2010-2012 ranged from 11 to 19 μg CAE. Ferric reducing activity was <0.01, with significantly different effects across hop cultivars (pC≤0.05) and year (py≤0.05) observed only in 2012. Traces of microelements and potentially active compounds from the use of pesticides in white hop shoots of Humulus lupulus ‘Dana’ were analysed. The content of zinc in the hop shoots on dry mass basis was very low (4 mg/kg), and it was below the limit of detection in the soil. The content of copper in the hop shoots was also very low (2.3 mg/kg), while in the soil it was below the critical emission (100 vs 300 mg/kg, respectively). All 182 active ingredients from the residues of the previously used pesticides were below the limits of detection. It can be concluded that these white hop shoots are better antioxidants than hop cones and hop leaves, and that they do not contain any pesticide residues.

scholarly journals Aqueous ozone solutions for pesticide removal from potatoes

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 752-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda F Heleno ◽  
Maria Eliana LR de Queiroz ◽  
Lêda RA Faroni ◽  
Antônio A Neves ◽  
André F de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solutions ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Pesticide Analysis ◽  
Quantification Limit ◽  
Pesticide Removal ◽  
High Consumption ◽  
Potential Impact

The presence of pesticide residues in potatoes is of concern because of the potential impact to human health due to the high consumption of this vegetable. In this study, aqueous solutions with and without ozone saturation as postharvest wash treatment at pH 4.0, 7.0, and 9.0 were tested to remove chlorothalonil from potatoes. The method used for pesticide analysis has been validated, presenting recovery values of 94–103%, with variations in the repeatability coefficients of ≤10.6%, and a quantification limit of 0.05 mg kg−1. Regardless of pH, treatment with aqueous ozone solutions removed 70–76% of the pesticide present in the potato. In the no-ozone treatments, the percentage average removal of chlorothalonil residues in potatoes was only 36%. Over 24 days of storage, the quality of potatoes washed with aqueous ozone solutions was not significantly different from those washed with pure water.

Influence of pesticides on marine ecosystems

1971 ◽  
Vol 177 (1048) ◽  
pp. 321-329 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Pesticide Residues ◽  
Industrial Wastes ◽  
Pesticide Pollution ◽  
Run Off ◽  
Laboratory Populations ◽  
Synthetic Pesticide

A bioassay programme undertaken in 1958 has evaluated the toxicity of about 240 pesticides to estuarine fauna. Studies indicate that chronic levels of sublethal amounts of pesticides may have more damaging effects than transitory changes due to acutely toxic levels of pollution. The first five years of a programme monitoring the incidence of synthetic pesticide residues in populations of North American shellfish has been completed. The results demonstrate the ubiquity of DDT and its metabolites. Levels of contamination, however, are not high enough to indicate a human health problem. The run-off of surface waters from agricultural districts is indicated as the chief source of this type of pollution; municipal and industrial wastes, and the control of noxious insects are regionally important sources. Observations of laboratory populations experimentally contaminated with DDT indicate, by extrapolation, that pesticide pollution is causing significant changes in mortality, growth rates, or resistance to disease in some marine populations.

Evaluation Aspects for Ecological Risk in Operation of Field Sprayers

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
P. Punculis ◽  
I. Zakis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Ecological Risk ◽  
Management System ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Agricultural Field

Intensive agricultural production is closely linked with the application of plant protection means, as well as use of field sprayers. When intensive technologies are used, crops as are treated with pesticides several times during the vegetation period. All chemicals applied for plant protection are more or less dangerous to human health and environment. Particularly dangerous is the use of unchecked and defective field sprayers, non-observance of the stated rates of pesticides, agrotechnical treatment terms, as well as wrong adjustment of the sprayers. Standard ISO 14001 states the basic measures for establishment and maintenance of environmental management system. In the article is presented the model of environmental management system for field sprayers based on given standard. The evaluation system includes technical and organizational measures having an influence on the pollution of environment and human health. This system includes the analysis of the factors, planning, regular inspection of field sprayers, training of serving staff and the corrective measures. During the operation of field sprayers the local atmospheric, ground, and water pollution is to be observed that in its turn is conductive to the choking up of agricultural field crop and animal products. The levels of ecological risk include the accumulation of pesticides into environment, as well as ecological risk connected with the increased human morbidity and disappearance of individual species of plants and animals. Proposed environmental management system for field sprayers can serve as a basis to develop and introduce the system of periodical inspections for field sprayers. The environmental management system for field sprayers will promote more effective protection of people and environment.

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