Health Effects of Pesticides

Anup Kumar Srivastava, MBBS, MD, FRIPHH, has been actively involved in research for the past 35 years, and has worked at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicological Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow. Dr Srivastava also served as Director of National Institute Miners’ Health, Nagpur and was the first specialist of Industrial Health appointed in the coal industry at Western Coalfields Limited, Nagpur. C Kesavachandran, PhD, is Senior Scientist, Epidemiological Section, CSIR-IITR. He received his PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala and is pursuing a research career as a Scientist at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, since 2002.

1. Introduction 2. Acute and chronic toxicity 3. Toxicity profile 4. Known and probable adverse health impacts 5. Exposure assessment studies 6. Human studies in developing countries 7. Current laws and legislation in India 8. Gap areas