Pesticides contamination and analytical methods of determination in environmental matrices in Malaysia and their potential human health effects – a review

• Main Authors: Zaidon, Siti Zulfa, Ho, Yu Bin, Hashim, Zailina, Saari, Nazamid, Praveena, Sarva Mangala
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66147/1/2018080309054110_MJMHS_Aug_2018.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66147/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2018080309054110_MJMHS_Aug_2018.pdf

Pesticides application is essential in protecting crops and increases their productivity. However, this causes the pesticide residues to contaminate the crops and their surrounding environment that will eventually lead to exposure to human being. There is very little understanding on the human healt...