A Glance at Pesticides Usage: Remunerations and Complications Associated with Insecticides Putting in Practice

Abstract

Pesticide poisoning may be obvious and every family member, co-worker and applicator should know about remunerations and complications associated with insecticides exposure. Here, this article addresses both virtues and shortcomings associated with insecticides usages. There are many kinds of benefits that may be attributed to pesticide uses, but these benefits often go unnoticed by the general public. Pesticides are widely used in most sectors of agricultural production to prevent or reduce losses by pests and thus can improve yield as well as quality of produce, which is often appealed to consumers. Pesticides can also improve nutritional value of food and sometimes its safety, and thus from this point of view, pesticides can be considered as  an economic, labor-saving, and efficient tool of pest management needs with great popularity in most sectors of agricultural production. Insecticide-treated seeds are applied directly to soil which limit quantity of pesticide used; provide targeted protection of crops against insects; and reduce potential exposure of non-target organisms, such as humans and beneficial insects to insecticide. Even though pesticides are intended to harm only target pests, if not used correctly, they can also harm peoples or environment. As with all toxic substances, exposure causing harm depends on the dose, how someone is exposed, how sensitive an individual may be to that toxin, and toxicity of pesticide involved. Insecticides are examined for a wide variety of toxic effects  from dermal, oral to respiratory exposure and such effects include carcinogenicity (produce  cancer or to assist carcinogenic chemicals), mutagenicity (genetic changes, teratogenicity (birth defects), oncogenicity (induce tumor growth- not necessarily cancers), liver damage (deh of liver cells, jaundice- yellowing of the skin, fibrosis and cirrhosis), reproductive disorders (reduced sperm count, sterility and miscarriage), nerve damage (accumulative effects on cholinesterase depression associated with organophosphate insecticides) and allergenic sensitization (development of allergies to pesticides or chemicals used in formulation of
pesticides). Current article emphasizes on expansion of novel pesticides with innovative modes of action, better safety profiles and execution of alternative cropping systems which are less reliant on pesticides to curtail exposure to pesticides and undesirable effects of exposure on human health. Additionally, use of suitable and well-maintained spraying equipment along with taking all securities required in all stages of pesticide handling could also decrease exposure to pesticides. The inclusive optimization of pesticide supervision sternly according to regulations and also considering public concerns about pesticide residues in food and drinking water could contribute to reduction of adverse effects of pesticides on human health, environment, and safe food production within a viable agricultural production system.