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Volume 20 International Journal of Emergency Mental Health & Human Resilience World Mental Health 2018
July 16-18, 2018
July 16-18, 2018 Dubai, UAE
Public Mental Health and Neuroscience
29th International Conference on
Association of Parkinson Disease with exposure to dietary sources of pesticide residues
Sarah Aggad1, Tolessa Deksissa2 and Thomas Fungwe 3
Howard University, USA
Increasing global food demand has elevated the use of pesticides which may compromise
human, as well as environmental health. Several studies have linked pesticides to various
human diseases such as asthma, birth and fetal defects, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and
Parkinson disease. The objective of this study is to determine the association between
Parkinson disease with the dietary sources of pesticides residues. International peer
review articles published between 1980 and 2017 were systematically reviewed. The Data
bases used for this this review included PubMed and WHO resources. Out of the studies
identified (n=1002), 100 articles met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Compared to
other disease, Parkinson disease was found to associate more with pesticides. It is evident
from this review that active ingredients of pesticides such as paraquat can cause Parkinson-
like symptoms. Rotenone is linked to brain inflammation that can lead to Parkinson's
disease; organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos (Dursban™) and organochlorine
compounds such as lindane are very toxic pesticides applied in the U.S. to control insect.
In addition to Parkinson’s disease, dichlorvos, trichlorfon, alachlor, cyanazine, and the
organochlorine pesticides aldrin, chlordane, and heptachlor are associated with diabetes;
midazolinone herbicides, imazethapyr and imazaquin are linked to several types of cancer.
To address this issue innovative agricultural food processing and food safety policy is
crucial to ensure the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystem services to meet global food
demand without compromising environmental and public health integrity.
Biography
Sarah Aggad is a student at University of the District of Columbia. She has completed her study at University of Howard
University. She had done many researches in her educational life.
Sarah Aggad et al., Int J Emerg Ment Health 2018, Volume 20
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C2-014