Environmental pollutants play a pivotal role in initiating or promoting many diseases. Pesticides are one of the toxic elements released purposely into the environment to kill weeds, fungi, insects, and rodents. Increasing and continuous use of these chemicals in agriculture threatens localized populations and even urban populations are not safe from consuming them. Our lab uses interdisciplinary chemical and biochemical approaches focused on the etiology of human cancer initiation mechanisms and other diseases (Parkinson’s and Fuch eye disorder).