Özet:

Pesticides are defined as chemicals that cause damage to agricultural products during production, storage and consumption of agricultural products, insects, animals, microorganisms, wild herbs and other harmful organisms to die or reduce the damage these organisms to agricultural products. Pesticides can cause accumulating effects in water and soil. The accumulation in animal foods, such as milk and eggs, also increases this accumulative effect. Although pesticides generally affect human health, they also negatively affect the neurological system, especially. Pesticide exposure can lead to the development and progress of many psychiatric and neurological diseases such as depression, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In addition to these effects, the effects that the exposure to pesticides will create on the skin also cause psychological disorders in people, creating social isolation can negatively affect the quality of life. Therefore, to reduce the exposure to pesticides in individuals, the necessary rules should be cared for during the application of pesticides, the personal protective measures should be taken into account, the community should be awarenessed, the foods should be thoroughly washed to reduce the remains of pesticides in the consumption of foods, and the crop should be consumed by rubbing. Pesticides are defined as chemicals that kill insects, animals, microorganisms, weeds and other harmful organisms or reduce their harm to agricultural products during production, storage and consumption of foods. Pesticides may cause cumulative effects by accumulating in water and soil. Further accumulation of pesticides in foods such as milk and eggs increases their cumulative effects. Pesticides affect generally human health, but especially the neurological system. Pesticide exposure may cause occuring and progressing of some psychiatric and neurological diseases such as depression, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Additionally skin effects of pesticide exposure causes psychological disorders and it may affect quality of life negatively by making social isolation. Therefore to reduce pesticide exposure the rules must be attached to by using pesticides, personal protective measures must be attended, the society must be raised awareness, foods must be washed thoroughly and they must be eaten after hulling. Keywords: Pesticides, mental health, neurological effects, protection.