Exposure to airborne dust contaminated with pesticide in the Aral Sea region

Sarah L. O'Hara; Giles F.S. Wiggs; Batyr Mamedov; George Davidson; Richard B. Hubbard

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04753-4

Exposure to airborne dust contaminated with pesticide in the Aral Sea region

Sarah L. O'Hara^*
, Giles F.S. Wiggs
, Batyr Mamedov
, George Davidson
, Richard B. Hubbard

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Aral Sea region is one of the world's foremost ecological disaster zones and there is increasing local concern for the health of millions of people living in this region. We have found that dust deposition rates across eastern Turkmenistan are among the highest in the world and that the dust is contaminated with pesticide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	627-628
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	355
Issue number	9204
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04753-4
Publication status	Published - 19 Feb 2000
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 14 Life Below Water

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