Toxicological report on pesticide poisoning in the southeastern region of Serbia during 2020 | Toksikološki izveštaj o trovanju pesticidima u jugoistočnom regionu Srbije tokom 2020. godine
2021
Kostić, Emilija | Vujović, Maja
Pesticides are substances widely used in agriculture, which are the cause ofacute poisoning in a significant percentage worldwide. The aim of this paper is toanalyze cases of pesticide poisoning during 2020, according to the data of theToxicology Laboratory of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Nis. Pesticidepoisoning has been proven in 18 cases (8.11% of all cases). Organophosphatepesticides were detected in nine cases, glyphosate in five, pendimethalin in two,while metolachlor and piperonyl butoxide were detected in one case each. Data oncases of poisoning indicate that education on the proper use of pesticides isnecessary in order to reduce the number of acute and chronic poisonings.
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