Abstract: Pest is a major problem for agriculture and economy. Pesticides are very effective for eradication of pest. Worldwide use of pesticide is an important tool for successful agricultural production. Organophosphate pesticides are now widely used pesticide to reduce the farm production loss. Chlorpyrifos is a widely used and successful organophosphate pesticide. Pesticides are very toxic chemicals. Though these pesticides are used in agricultural field but these pesticides contaminate the nearby water body. Thus like other agricultural runoff pesticides, chlorpyrifos also affect the non target organism such as fish. Chlorpyrifos is very toxic to fishes which are an important part of human food chain. This review will highlight the composition, use and toxic effect of chlorpyrifos on the physiology of fishes.
Keywords: pesticide, organophosphate, chlorpyrifos, effect of toxicity.
Title: Effect of Chlorpyrifos toxicity on non target fresh water fishes: A Review
Author: Saumya Biswas
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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