Health effect of agricultural pesticide use in China: implications for the development of GM crops.

摘要: It is notable that the adoption of GM glyphosate-tolerant crops increases glyphosate use but reduces non-glyphosate herbicide use; and insect-resistant significantly insecticide use. While health hazard pesticide has been well documented, little literature evaluates effects different pesticides related to in an integrated framework. This study aims associate uses with blood chemistry panel peripheral nerve conduction Chinese farmers. Pesticides used by farmers were recorded classified as glyphosate, herbicides, chemical lepidopteran insecticides, biological non-lepidopteran insecticides fungicides. The multivariate regression results show none examined 35 indicators was associated use, while herbicides likely induce renal dysfunction decrease serum folic acid. might be hepatic dysfunction, glucose elevation, inflammation even severe damage. In this context, if are adopted, alterations may benefit farmer China globe, which positive implications for development crops.