Neurobehavioural methods, effects and prevention: workers' human rights are why the field matters for developing countries.
Little research into neurobehavioural methods and effects occurs in developing countries, where established neurotoxic chemicals continue to pose significant occupational and environmental burdens, and where agents newly identified as neurotoxic are also widespread. Much of the morbidity and mortality associated with neurotoxic agents remains hidden in developing countries as a result of poor case detection, lack of skilled personnel, facilities and equipment for diagnosis, inadequate information systems, limited resources for research and significant competing causes of ill-health, such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. Placing the problem in a human rights context enables researchers and scientists in developing countries to make a strong case for why the field of neurobehavioural methods and effects matters because there are numerous international human rights commitments that make occupational and environmental health and safety a human rights obligation.
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Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town Health Sciences Faculty, Anzio Rd., Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. leslie.london@uct.ac.za
D003906:Developing Countries; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006806:Human Rights / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D010575:Pesticides