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 Human
toxicity
Information
about the toxicity of pesticides can be found on the Chemical Detail
page, accessible through the PAN Pesticide Database Chemical Search.
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the site.
This page briefly describes
the documentation available for this data set and provides links
to more detailed information.
Limitations
of the Data
Provides
information on why our ability to draw firm conclusions on the toxicity
of chemicals is limited because of data gaps and other problems.
Defines weight-of-the-evidence evaluations.
Acute
Toxicity
Provides information
about pesticides and acute toxicity. Defines the different ranking
systems used by various regulatory agencies.
Carcinogenicity
Provides
information about pesticides and cancer. Defines the different ranking
systems used by various regulatory agencies.
Reproductive
and Developmental Toxicity
Provides information
about pesticides and birth defects/impaired development, and the
California Proposition 65 list.
Endocrine
Disruption
Provides
information about pesticides and endocrine disruption. Defines the
different ranking systems used by various data sources.
Neurotoxicity
Provides information about pesticides and
neurotoxicity, specifically with regard to cholinesterase-inhibiting
pesticides.
PAN
Chemicals of Concern
Provides
information about PAN's groupings of the worst pesticides, the Dirty
Dozen list and the Bad Actor list.
Last updated
September 20, 2003
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