Research progress on healthy effects of herbicide atrazine exposure on human and other mammal

Abstract

Abstract: Objective Atrazine（ATZ） is a triazine herbicide widely used in the world.Residues of ATZ have been detected in water bodies in regions with a history of ATZ use.If it is used in excess for a long time,ATZ and its main degradation substances in the environment will be transferred through the food chain,which has potential toxic effects on the reproductive development,endocrine,nervous,immune and genetic systems of humans and other mammals,and then induce cancer.Therefore,this paper mainly reviews the research progress of ATZ exposure on human and other mammalian reproductive development,endocrine,nervous,immune,genetic system and potential carcinogenicity,and prospects the environmental health risks of ATZ use,and puts forward environmental management suggestions of ATZ,which is of great significance to further strengthen the use of ATZ.

Key words: Atrazine, Environmental health, Reproductive and developmental toxicity, Endocrine disruption, Neurotoxicity, Genotoxicity, Immunotoxicity, Carcinogenicity

CLC Number:

R114

BAI Yanan, ZHOU Rong, XING Weiwei, YU Yue, DAI Chuanchao, BU Yuanqing. Research progress on healthy effects of herbicide atrazine exposure on human and other mammal. [J]OCCUPATION AND HEALTH, 2024, 40(4): 547-553.

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