INDIGENOUS CHILDREN’S CHLORPYRIFOS EXPOSURE IN BANANA AND PLANTAIN COMMUNITIES IN TALAMANCA, COSTA RICA

Authors :: Berna van Wendel de Joode
Donna Mergler
Douglas Barraza
Ana María Mora
Clemens Ruepert
Catharina Wesseling
Leonel Córdoba
Christian H. Lindh
Source :: ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2011
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Environmental Health Perspectives, 2011.
Abstract: Background and Aims: In Costa Rica, chlorpyrifos-treated plastic bags are used to protect the banana and plantain fruits from insects and to fulfil product standards. The aim of this study was to e...

Subjects :: Toxicology
chemistry.chemical_compound
Geography
chemistry
Chlorpyrifos
food and beverages
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Product (category theory)
Indigenous
General Environmental Science
Plastic bag

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