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What are the four major causes of pesticide toxicity?
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Overexposure, Persistance in soil, Translocation in plants, and Bioaccumulation
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What are the five reasons for Overexposure?
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accidental exposure when applied to crops, medicinally, mixed with animal feed, and use of plant formulation rather than animal formulation, improper storage
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What are the three major types of pesticides?
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Insectides, herbicides, and rodenticides
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Has the use of pesticides increased or decreased over the years
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increased
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How were cattle exposed to poison of parathion?
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by citrus groves and vegetable fields
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