**2.8 Health effect of pesticides**

Nowadays, pesticides become input for effective agricultural practice and are widely used across the urban and rural communities. Inhalation, ingestion, and skin absorption are the common exposure routes of particles in pesticides. Pesticide exposure is associated with adverse health risks, including short-term skin and eye irritation, dizziness, headaches, and nausea; and long-term chronic impacts, such as cancer, asthma, and diabetes.

A case–control study has shown the association of breast cancer with exposure to certain pesticides in agricultural sectors [1].
