• Atul Gupta
• Jeevesh Nadda
• Ripan Kumar

Pesticides are used all over the world to boost agricultural production to meet out expanding food demand with increasing populations. Even though we firmly believe that using pesticides is inevitable, there are still significant concerns about the possible risks and health hazards associated with their uses. Pesticide toxicity indicators can be used to reduce pesticide use risks and address agro-environmental pollution. In view of this, the current study evaluates the various pesticide toxicity indices viz. toxicity potential (TP), environmental exposure potential (EEP), hazard potential (HP) for five frequently used pesticides of different classes namely atrazine herbicide, malathion insecticide, thiram fungicide, carbaryl insecticide and zineb fungicide. The values of pesticide toxicity indices illustrate atrazine and carbaryl as very toxic pesticides.

environmental pollution, ground water, hazards, pesticides, toxicity

"Evaluation of Toxicity Indices for Frequently Used Pesticides", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.b844-b849, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406192.pdf

"Evaluation of Toxicity Indices for Frequently Used Pesticides", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppb844-b849, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406192.pdf