Data/hora: 17/06/2024 08:01:16

Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Meio Ambiente.
Data corrente: | 15/01/2008
Data da última atualização: | 25/03/2014
Autoria: | CASTRO, V. L. S. S. de; CHIORATO, S. H.
Afiliação: | Vera Lúcia Scherholz Salgado de Castro, Embrapa Meio Ambiente; Selma Heloísa Chiorato, FMVZ-USP.
Título: | Effects of separate and combined exposure to the pesticides methamidophos and chlorothalonil on the development of suckling rats.
Ano de publicação: | 2007
Fonte/Imprenta: | International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Jena, v. 210, n.2, p. 169-176, 2007.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | It has been suggested that, in some cases, exposure to environmental contaminants affects children more profoundly than adults. It is important to evaluate adverse health outcomes in children, a population susceptible to toxic chemicals and mixtures. We examined the effects that maternal exposure to two pesticides had on maturational aspects of offspring development during the nursing period. Nursing female rats were exposed to 1-4 mg/kg of intraperitoneal methamidophos, 200?800 mg/kg of chlorothalonil, or both. The higher doses of methamidophos affected pup viability by day 21 of life. Both pesticides, alone or together, affected body weight gain of dams and offspring. Developmental milestones evaluated in the pups were incisor eruption, ear unfolding, eye opening and testis descent. Although no clear dose-response relationship was established between these milestones and exposure to methamidophos or chlorothalonil, incisor eruption was accelerated in many groups, and the majority of rat offspring exposed to methamidophos presented later ear unfolding and eye opening than did the control group offspring. Sexual maturation (testis descent) was significantly delayed in some groups. For dams and pups alike, simultaneous exposure to both pesticides was not found to have a greater toxic effect than that resulting from exposure to only one of the two. Taken together, these results demonstrate exposure-related influences on several developmental measures. Detection of more subtle effects may be improved through the use of the developmental temporal response protocols utilized in this study.
Palavras-Chave: | Clorotalonil; Erupção; Metamidafós; Protocolo; Saúde humana; Teste.
Thesagro: | Agrotóxico; Contaminação; Exposição; Pesticida; Toxidez.
Categoria do assunto: | --
URL: | http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/100096/1/2007AP-029.pdf
Registro original: | Embrapa Meio Ambiente (CNPMA)
Exemplares: | CNPMA - (7176-1) - UPC - AP - -- - Aq5 G2 - PAT 200771 - 2008.00020 - DIS