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News Pesticides

• Europe’s environment now healthier – but new risks emerging

  Europeans live longer and healthier lives than in the past, partly due to successful environmental policies that have reduced the exposure to harmful environmental contaminants in air, water and food, according to a new report. However, these contaminants are still a problem, and several new health more

• New Bacterial Toxins Against Resistant Insect Pests

  Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria (Bt toxins) are used in organic and conventional farming to manage pest insects. Sprayed as pesticides or produced in genetically modified plants, Bt toxins, used in pest control since 1938, minimize herbivory in crops, such as vegetables, maize or cotton. more

• Physicist detects movement of macromolecules engineered into our food

  Toxin proteins are genetically engineered into our food because they kill insects by perforating body cell walls, and Professor Rikard Blunck of the University of Montreal’s Group for the study of membrane proteins (GÉPROM) has detected the molecular mechanism involved. In recognition of his breakth more

Publications Pesticides

• Seven benzimidazole pesticides combined at sub-threshold levels induce micronuclei in vitro

  Benzimidazoles act by disrupting microtubule polymerisation and are capable of inducing the formation of micronuclei. Considering the similarities in their mechanisms of action (inhibition of microtubule assembly by binding to the colchicine-binding site on tubulin monomers), combination effects ac more

• Specific Pesticide-Dependent Increases in {alpha}-Synuclein Levels in Human Neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and Melanoma (SK-MEL-2) Cell Lines

  Epidemiological studies indicate a role of genetic and environmental factors in Parkinson’s disease involving alterations of the neuronal α-synuclein (α-syn) protein. In particular, a relationship between Parkinson’s disease and occupational exposure to pesticides has been repeatedly suggested. Our more

• Honey constituents up-regulate detoxification and immunity genes in the western honey bee Apis mellifera [Agricultural Sciences]

  As a managed pollinator, the honey bee Apis mellifera is critical to the American agricultural enterprise. Recent colony losses have thus raised concerns; possible explanations for bee decline include nutritional deficiencies and exposures to pesticides and pathogens. We determined that constituents more

Market studies Pesticides

• Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (PHAR) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (EIPIC) is a pharmaceutical company, engaged in the production, sale and export of pharmaceutical products. The company specializes in veterinary and generic chemical medicine, cosmetics, special foods and pesticides. Its product portfolio inc more

• Cairo Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Industries (CPCI) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Cairo Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Industries (Cairo Pharmaceuticals), also known as Kahira Pharmaceuticals & Chemical Industries Co. is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for human and veterinary use, cosmetics and pesticides. Its products cover the thera more

• China Agrotech Holdings Limited (1073) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  China Agrotech Holdings Limited (China Agrotech) is an investment holding company that is engaged in the trade of pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural resource products. It is also involved in the manufacture and marketing of plant growth regulatory products, fertilizers and pesticides. T more

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