Article
Human poisonings with neonicotinoid pesticides – frequency and severity show public health risks, regulatory failures
2024-10-22
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background - Neonicotinoid pesticides (‘neonics’) – imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, acetamiprid, dinotefuran - are the most widely used class of insecticides in the world. They have a neurotoxic mechanism of action, similar to nicotine. They are detected in food, waterways, tap water, and breast milk. In addition to environmental pollution, neonics are the pesticides most freq...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 432cb72c-800d-5281-be9c-f19e044a06a7
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5054262/v1
