Meet the editors

Marcelo L. Larramendy, PhD, serves as a professor of molecular cell biology at the School of Natural Sciences and Museum (National University of La Plata, Argentina). He was appointed senior researcher of the National Scientific and Technological Research Council of Argentina and was a former member of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Association of Environmental Mutagenesis, Teratogenesis and Carcinogenesis.

He is the author of more than 450 contributions, including scientific publications, research communications, and conference papers worldwide. He is the recipient of several national and international awards. Prof. Larramendy is a regular lecturer at international A. Hollaender Courses organized by the IAEMS and is a former guest scientist at NIH (USA) and the University of Helsinki (Finland). He is an expert in genetic toxicology and has been, a referee for more than 20 international scientific journals. He was a member of the International Panel of Experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO, Lyon, France) in 2015 for the evaluation of DDT, 2,4-D, and lindane. Presently, Prof. Dr. Larramendy is the head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Genotoxicology at the UNLP.

Sonia Soloneski has a PhD in Natural Sciences and is an assistant professor of molecular cell biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum of La Plata, National University of La Plata, Argentina. She became a member of the National Scientific and Technological Research Council of Argentina in the field of genetic toxicology. Presently, she is a member of the Latin American Association of Environmental Mutagenesis, Terato-

genesis and Carcinogenesis, the Argentinean Society of Toxicology, and the Argentinean Society of Genetics. She has authored more than 350 scientific publications, including scientific publications in research papers, reviewed journals, and conference papers worldwide. She is a referent for issues in the field of genetic toxicology, mutagenesis, and ecotoxicology.

Contents

Environment

Interactions with Other Pollutants

through the Soil Profile

*by Mona Saud AL-Ahmadi*

*by Pouokam Guy Bertrand*

Threats for Workers and Population

Environment: Lessons from Africa *by Wilbert Bunini Manyilizu*

Safety

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

 

**Chapter 2 27**

**Chapter 3 45**

**Chapter 4 73**

**Chapter 5 97** Uses and Misuses of Agricultural Pesticides in Africa: Neglected Public Health

**Chapter 6 111**

The Morphophysiological, Histological, and Biochemical Response of Some Nontarget Organisms to the Stress Induced by the Pesticides in the

*by Liliana Cristina Soare, Alina Păunescu and Ponepal Cristina Maria*

Metabolic Impairments Caused by Pesticides in Mammals and Their

*by Gema Rodríguez-Moro, Ana Arias-Borrego, Sara Ramírez-Acosta, Francisco Navarro-Roldán, Nieves Abril-Díaz, Rut Fernández-Torre,* 

Environmental Risk of Groundwater Pollution by Pesticide Leaching

*Miguel Angel Bello-López, José Luis Gómez-Ariza and Tamara García-Barrera*

*by Gabriel Pérez-Lucas, Nuria Vela, Abderrazak El Aatik and Simón Navarro*

Pesticides, Anthropogenic Activities, and the Health of Our Environment

Pesticides, Anthropogenic Activities, History and the Health of Our
