EVALUATING THE MECHANISM OF THE EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON THE HUMAN BODY

About 30% of the world's employed population consists of agricultural workers, who also have to work with toxic chemical substances such as pesticides. The use of pesticides helps prevent large-scale crop losses. According to the World Health Organization, annually between 550,000 and 2 million people suffer from the side effects of pesticide exposure. Approximately 40,000 of them die from the consequences of these exposures. Assessing the impact of pesticides used in agriculture on public health is one of the main challenges not only for humans and the environment but also for healthcare workers.