Review Article

Volume: 1 | Issue: 1 | Published: Apr 28, 2025 | Pages: 61 - 65

Pesticide exposure, associated risks, and long-term human health impacts: a narrative review


Authors: Mohamed Elsayed Othman , Mai Omar Salih


Article Info

Authors

Mohamed Elsayed Othman

NICU and Pedia consultant, NICU and Pedia consultant

Mai Omar Salih

resident, care hospital Alsalam

Publication History

Received: January 29, 2025

Accepted: March 18, 2025

Published: April 28, 2025


Abstract


Pesticides are used in a variety of circumstances, including agriculture and public health activities. Pesticides, on the other hand, have a deleterious influence on human health, with effects ranging from short term to long term. We focus on the long-term effects of pesticide exposure on human health. The literature on the current subject was collected through web research using various terms. This review was written based on eligible articles with precise titles. Pesticides are linked to a variety of negative health effects, ranging from short-term symptoms like nausea and headaches to long-term serious effects like cancer. Pesticides are risk factors that have been connected to a variety of serious ailments and illnesses over time. However, such risk and linkage are difficult to accurately deduce and explain because most diseases that need prolonged exposure also have a number of additional risk factors that can be included and function synergistically with pesticides to promote disease development. As a result, it is possible to conclude that long-term pesticide exposure poses a number of dangers to human health, although further research is required.


Keywords: Pesticide, Exposure, Long-term, Impact, Human health.