Browsing Department of Biosystems Technology by Subject "Glyphosate"

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Occupational exposure levels of Glyphosate among vegetable farmers in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: A Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

Eakanayake, E.M.D.V.; Thakshila, W.K.G.; Nishshanka, K.M.; Senawirathne, K.A.A.S.; Perera, H.A.S.D; Gunasekara, T.D.K.S.C.; Asanthi, H.B.; Jayasumana, C.; Chandana, E.P.S.; Abdul, K.S.M.; De Silva, P.M.C.S . (Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2015-10)

Glyphosate (GLY) is a non-selective weedicide widely used by vegetable farmers in Nuwara Eliya (NE), Sri Lanka. It has been recently declared as carcinogenic and induces nephrotoxicity in rat models. Poor weedicide ...
Occupational herbicide exposure may induce Kidney injury molecule I (KIM I) and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) levels in sugarcane farmers in rural Sri Lanka

Eakanayake, D.V.; Abdul, K.S.M.; Thakshila, W.A.K.G.; Asanthi, H.B; Jayasumana, Channa; Jayasinghe, S.S.; Chandana, E.P.S.; Siribaddana, S.H.; De Silva, M.C.S. (International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 2018-02-01)

Extensive use of herbicides is common among agriculture workers in Sri Lanka (SL). Recent studies hypothesized the role of agrochemicals in the development of mysterious chronic kidney disease termed as CKDu. Paraquat ...

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