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Health effects based on exposure to pesticides.
| Short-term exposure | Skin rashes |
| Skin blisters | |
| Nausea | |
| Diarrhoea | |
| Stomach-ache and pain | |
| Dizziness | |
| Stinging eyes | |
| Eye irritation | |
| Permanent failure of eyesight and blindness | |
| Long-term exposure | DNA abnormalities and mutations |
| Cell damage and death | |
| Kidney damage | |
| Cancer | |
| Parkinsonism | |
| Birth problems during pregnancy | |
| Developmental abnormalities and defects | |
| Excessive salivation and mouth burn |
