finals Flashcards
study of toxic compounds & effects of certain compounds
Toxicology
✔ effects of “would be drugs”
✔ maximum effects of the drugs
✔ minimum or maximum effect
Pharmacological toxicology
✔ mechanism, degraded or activated in the body.
✔ metabolism of the compounds in the body
✔ usage of chemical
determined by clinical diagnosis and clinical treatment
Medical toxicology
usage of chemical
determined by
clinical diagnosis and clinical treatment
✔ safety of industrial workers and other people who might be accidentally exposed to the chemicals.
✔ main emphasis, human and domestic animals.
Industrial toxicology
mercury poisoning in Japan.
Minamata disease
✔ foreign substances, affect domestic animals and substances present on animal products
Veterinary toxicology
✔ study, effect of toxicants
✔ Study on the mechanism(mode) of action of toxicants
Pesticide toxicology
tolerance level of pesticides to man by killing target pests without affecting non-target ones.
Pesticide toxicology
Before a toxicant could be marketed
Acute
Chronic
Inhalation data
effect, immediately observed
Acute
effect, not immediately observed, minute quantity
Chronic
residues remain in lungs
Inhalation data
✔ deals, minute quantities of pesticide in environment and how organisms react
Environmental toxicology
✔ effects of toxins, whether purposely applied (such as pesticides) or derived from industrial processes, on health and environment.
Environmental toxicology
Rank of Pesticides according to USA
✔ Insecticides
✔ Herbicides
✔ Fungicides
global pesticide consumption
16%
annual growth
5-7%
Use of Pesticides in the Philippines
✔ Crop Production
✔ Animal Health
✔ Public Health
✔ Stored product pests
✔ Structural pests etc.
pesticides, maximum importation in the Phil.
1978
IPM: core of crop protection policy
1986
Philippines adopted IPM
May 1986
President?
Philippines adopted IPM
evolved more dynamic, practical and farmer-driven activity.
Pres. Corazon C. Aquino
✔ Issues rules and regulations governing the
importation, manufacture, repacking, distribution,
delivery, sale, storage, and use of pesticides.
FPA- Fertilizer & Pesticide Authority
✔ Jurisdiction over all handlers of pesticides
✔ Registration and license to pesticide handlers
Fertilizer & Pesticide Authority
✔ stop sale, stop use, removal and hold order of pesticide
Fertilizer & Pesticide Authority
Application of pesticides by farmers
✔ Availability and cost of pesticides
✔ Kind of crops produced
✔ Availability of financing
Application of Pesticides, Plantations
✔ Residual tolerance limit
✔ Established by the consumers
✔ Established by mother companies
Symptoms of Poisoning exhibited by ORGANISMS
a) Excitation
b) Convulsion
c) Paralysis
d) Death
observed before the appearance of the first symptom
latent period
During this period usually observed
a) Cleaning movement
b) Curling and telescoping movements
Exciting period is manifested by:
1) Frantic running or flying movements
2) Restlessness
agriculture begins in Mesopotamia
8000 BC
Summerians, use sulfur, control mites & insect
2500 BC
Green Revolution
1950-60s
DDT, first synthetic pesticide
1940s
doc. pest control method
1800s
Experimental method
✔ standardized
✔ test insect, uniform (size, age, sex)
✔ extrinsic factors, uniform
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1970
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
1962
new product from discovery to first sales
8-9 yrs
annual sales on research and development of new crop protection products
7.5%
Number of insects used
✔ number governed by practical considerations.
✔ not be over 50 but not less than 15.
✔ Population- homogenous
✔ Randomize
Dosage
geometric manner.
Temperature
most insecticides, effective normally at ordinary temp.
Gamma BHC
variable results
slighty greater toxicity at low temp.
Pyrethrins & carbamates
more toxic at low temperature
DDT
relative humidity may affect the physiological process and alter the susceptibility of insects.
Pre-test effect
Exposure effect
✔ Contact poisons
✔ Fumigants
✔ Residual film
minor effect
Contact poisons
reaction, fumigant used
Fumigants
reaction, insecticides and insect used
Residual films
Intrinsic factors
(inherent)
Specificity
(stomach)
(contact)
(fumigant)
gut wall; mouth, oral
cuticle; bodywall
cuticle and the spiracle.
Stage of the insect
order resistance
Egg>Pupa>Larva>adult
Sex
Females- more tolerant than males
Male rats
more tolerant than female rats
now accepted as standard method of reducing data to simple terms
Probit Analysis
specialized form of regression analysis
most valuable types of evaluation in toxicology
statistical tools, required interpretation
Probit Analysis
analyze many kinds of dose-response
determine the relative toxicity of chemical to living organism
transformation from sigmoid to linear
Probit Analysis
process, dissolved sample vaporised
VOLATILIZATION
draining away of water
RUNOFF
crop removal (transfer insecticide residues during harvest)
Transfer
Movement, insecticides in water through soil.
LEACHING
- Photo (sunlight/heat)
- Microbial(microorganisms)
- Chemical (alkaline hydrolysis)
Degradation
Movement, Insecticides into Plants and animals
ABSORPTION
-outermost part of the insect body
-major barrier, protecting the insect from
penetration
Cuticle (exoskeleton)
preserved insect species and consists of different layers
protection from desiccation, sensory perception of the environment, mechanical support and means of locomotion
Cuticle (exoskeleton)
Insecticides properties
a) Adsorptivity
b) Solubility
c) Persistence
Soil conditions
a) Texture
b) Organic matter
c) Permeability
- ban pesticides, most toxic to humans, and pesticides remain for longest time in environment
WHO- world health organization
Who are at risk?
people, directly exposed to pesticides
agricultural workers
responsible for assessing the risks to humans of pesticides – both through direct exposure, and through residues in food
WHO, collaboration with FAO
assessed the level of risk, and established limits for safe intake
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)
intergovernmental standards-setting body for food
Codex standards, more than 100 different pesticides
Codex Alimentarius Commission