More on chlorpyrifos-based preparations in human living environment

Abstract

Objective. Analyse and summarize modern data on the degree of hazard of chlorpyrifos when used in accordance with the intended purpose, substantiate the expediency of limiting the scope and extent of use of insecticide in the human living environment. Materials and methods. Analytical review of scientific publications has been performed using the abstract database of libraries and the text database of medical and biological publications PubMed. Results. Based on the conducted analytical review of scientific publications, data on the degree of hazard of chlorpyrifos have been summarized, the requirements regarding the expediency of the prohibition of the use of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-based preparations as insecticidal agents in the human living environment, first of all, in everyday life, in maternity departments, in medical institutions, in child day care centres and educational institutions have been substantiated.