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Session manual : Summer Institute, Costa Rica, 1991
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Journal articlesINDIGENOUS POPULATION AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Ecohealth ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HEALTH HAZARDS ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
Pesticide use in banana and plantain production and risk perception among local actors in Talamanca, Costa Rica
The Talamanca County in Costa Rica has large-scale banana and small-scale plantain production, probably causing pesticide exposure in indigenous children.
Published dateSaturday, July 2, 2011 - 04:00 -
Journal articlesCHILDREN PESTICIDES BANANAS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Ecohealth ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations
Results suggest that the general living environment of children from the banana village is contaminated with chlorpyrifos, detected in air, soil, surface water, mattress and house dust samples, and in all the hand and foot wash samples.
Published dateThursday, August 2, 2012 - 04:00 -
Journal articlesBiodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'
The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an
Published dateFriday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00 -
Journal articlesBiodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support
The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.
Published dateSaturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00 -
Journal articlesBiodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)
International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million
Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.
Published dateSaturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00