INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2017

Pages: 96-119

Date of Publication: 25-Mar-2017

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TOXICITY IN FISH DUE TO PESTICIDES

Author: RASHMI RUPAM

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

Aquatic Toxicology is the study of the effects of environmental pollutants on aquatic organisms, such as pesticides especially the insecticides, on the health of fish or other aquatic organisms. Pesticides are substances used to control pests, including insects, aquatic weeds, plant diseases, and Aquatic snails that carry the cause of schistosomiasis. Pesticides have been found to be highly toxic not only to fish but also to the other organisms, which constitute the food chain. Pesticides in general, are used very extensively in agriculture, forestry, public health and in veterinary practices. Pesticides are categorized according to their target use. The three major pesticides are herbicides (weed control),

Keywords: Pesticides, Insecticides, fish, Histopathology, Acute exposure, water contaminants