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dc.contributor.authorColoso, Relicardo M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-31T16:55:34Z
dc.date.available2015-12-31T16:55:34Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationColoso, R. M. (2003). Endosulfan: a hidden menace. SEAFDEC Asian Aquaculture, 25(2), 1-3, 16-18, 20.en
dc.identifier.issn0115-4974
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/2680
dc.description.abstractA clean and healthy environment is paramount to human existence. While pesticide use has successfully sustained agricultural and food production in our lifetime as well as safeguarded human health by controlling insect pests, it has also caused many tragedies including population declines in our wildlife, fatalities in workers exposed to pesticides in its manufacture and use, and the increasing incidence of dreaded human illnesses such as cancer. A delicate balance should be achieved to mitigate the adverse impact of pesticide use to the environment and at the same time ensuring short- and long-term agricultural productivity. Endosulfan has been effectively used as a pesticide, but much evidence on its chronic and sub-lethal effects on humans and wildlife have been gathered in recent years. More research still needs to be done to determine its effects from long-term exposure at very low levels. Endosulfan is highly toxic to fish and other aquatic animals and, thus, not recommended for use in aquatic ecosystems. However, in some countries, it has been incorrectly used as a molluscicide in rice paddies, which could have an adverse impact on the rice-fish farming systems and on other surrounding aquatic ecosystems. It is clear that such practices should be stopped and users must strictly observed the recommended application methods. Agricultural productivity should be achieved with less pesticide by using integrated pest management programs which make use of biological, cultural, and physical control agents and lower doses of safer pesticide on a need only basis. The benefits of biotechnology should also be used to develop more effective and safer products and techniques. This is a valid approach and one that will require a unified and concerted effort among suppliers and users of pesticides in order to ensure that resources are used to our best advantage with minimal risk.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centeren
dc.subjectendosulfanen
dc.titleEndosulfan: a hidden menaceen
dc.typemagazineArticleen
dc.citation.volume25en
dc.citation.issue2en
dc.citation.spage1-3, 16en
dc.citation.epage18, 20en
dc.citation.journalTitleSEAFDEC Asian Aquacultureen
dc.subject.asfahealth hazardsen
dc.subject.asfabiotechnologyen
dc.subject.asfapollutionen
dc.subject.asfapesticide residuesen
dc.subject.asfadisease controlen
dc.subject.asfapest controlen
dc.subject.asfapesticidesen
dc.subject.asfatoxicityen
dc.subject.asfabrackishwater environmenten
dc.subject.asfainland water environmenten
dc.subject.asfamarine environmenten
dc.subject.asfachemical pollutantsen
dc.subject.asfaenvironmental impacten
dc.subject.asfalethal effectsen
dc.subject.asfapublic healthen
dc.subject.asfasublethal effectsen


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