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Exposición de madres y sus hijos al fungicida tiabendazol en el cantón de Matina, Costa Rica: resultados del Programa Infantes y Salud Ambiental (ISA)
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2017-07)
Antecedentes: El tiabendazol (TBZ) es un fungicida que se utiliza después de la cosecha del banano. Es aplicado en las plantas empacadoras, donde trabajan principalmente mujeres de edad reproductiva. En estudios de laboratorio ...
Risk assessment of agriculture impact on the Frío River watershed and Caño Negro Ramsar wetland, Costa Rica
(Springer, 2017-01-10)
The Caño Negro Ramsar wetland is a conservation area of great natural and societal value, located in the lower part of the Frío River watershed in the north of Costa Rica. Its aquatic ecosystems may be considered vulnerable ...
Lower tier toxicity risk assessment of agriculture pesticides detected on the Río Madre de Dios watershed, Costa Rica
(Springer, 2016-10-25)
Costa Rica is a tropical country with one of the highest biodiversity on Earth. It also has an intensive agriculture, and pesticide runoff from banana and pineapple plantations may cause a high toxicity risk to non-target ...