health risks aassociated with organophosphates

health risks associated with organophosphates

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language Discuss organophosphates and the health risks associated with it Include toxicology data including any dose /response data . Discuss the interaction of organophosphates with major human body organs from the most likely route of exposure . include any biotransformation and enzymes involved . Discuss how organophosphates interact with the environment (excluding humans . Identify current regulations on this chemical . Given the information above , provide suggestions for actions taken as an Environmental Manager and as a

civically responsible citizen

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Introduction

Organophosphates compounds (OP 's ) are chemical substances that are primarily being utilized as insecticides and pesticides throughout the world . In certain other parts of the world they are also being utilized as chemical weapons . The OP 's have a severe effect on the environment to all plant , animal and human life . The chemical substance tends to work by inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase in the body . As the functioning of this enzyme is affected , several functions in the body are obstructed . Some of the toxic effects of OP poisoning include :-

Glaucoma (due to obstruction of the enzyme physostigmine

Myasthenia gravis (due to the obstruction of the enzyme neostigmine and pyridostigmine

Supraventricular tachycardia (due to obstruction of the enzyme edrophonium

Alzheimer 's disease (due to obstruction of the enzyme tetrahydroaminoacridine (Aaron , 2001 PAN UK , 1996

In recent years , there has been increased concern of the effect of OP 's on the environment . Several NGO 's and private groups are becoming more and more aware and are taking action against the increased use of OP 's as pesticide in household , agricultural and the industrial sector Several of the developing and the developed nations are becoming more and more aware of the ill-effects of OP 's and are adopting legislations which could help minimize the use of such substances . One of them has been Canada , and the Canadian Institute of Health Research has been playing an active role in determining the ill-effects of OP 's and in turn informing the government and the public . They are also informing the international community of the ill-effects of OP 's so that an international strategy , much more effective than a national one could be adopted . Limiting the use of OP 's requires a collaborative effort from organizations belonging to various sectors . Several population study programs , child study programs , gene-environment interactions studies have pointed out serious adverse-effects caused by OP 's on the environment . Hence the current research priorities would be to determine any complex mechanism by which these OP 's could operate develop strategies to minimize their usage , and in turn develop alternate pesticides which could help limit the use of OP 's (Ritter 2006

OP 's were first identified in 1854 , and were slowly being utilized as insecticides and pesticides...