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Carruth, Ann K.; Logan, Cynthia

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“…Higher rates of depression and other psychiatric conditions have been linked to exposure to pesticides, particularly organophosphate insecticides, and living on or near farms (Bazylewicz-Walczak et al, 1999; Beseler and Stallones, 2008; Beseler et al, 2006, 2008; Carruth and Logan, 2002; London et al, 2005; Mackenzie Ross et al, 2010; Meyer et al, 2010; Rehner et al, 2000; Salvi et al, 2003; Stallones and Beseler, 2002a, 2002b; Villeneuve et al, 2009; Wesseling et al, 2010). Only a few of the previous studies of pesticide exposure and depression, however, were prospective (Bazylewicz-Walczak et al, 1999; Beseler and Stallones, 2008; Salvi et al, 2003).…”

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“…Four studies have evaluated pesticide exposure and depression in women (Bazylewicz-Walczak et al, 1999; Beseler et al, 2006; Carruth and Logan, 2002; Meyer et al, 2010). Bazylewicz-Walczak et al (1999) administered the Profile of Mood States to 51 women working in the gardening industry in Poland (26 exposed to organophosphate insecticides for one season, March-June, and 25 not exposed) and found exposed women experienced greater tension, depression, and fatigue compared to unexposed women.…”

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“…Bazylewicz-Walczak et al (1999) administered the Profile of Mood States to 51 women working in the gardening industry in Poland (26 exposed to organophosphate insecticides for one season, March-June, and 25 not exposed) and found exposed women experienced greater tension, depression, and fatigue compared to unexposed women. A cross-sectional survey of 657 randomly sampled farm women in Louisiana found that women who reported pesticide use were more likely to report depressive symptoms than those who did not use pesticides (Carruth and Logan, 2002). Residents of an agricultural area of Brazil with an intensive use of pesticides had higher rates of hospitalization for mood disorders (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes F30-F39) than two reference areas (Meyer et al, 2010).…”

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Pesticide exposure and self-reported incident depression among wives in the Agricultural Health Study

Beard

Hoppin

Richards

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Environmental Research

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Background Depression in women is a public health problem. Studies have reported positive associations between pesticides and depression, but few studies were prospective or presented results for women separately. Objectives We evaluated associations between pesticide exposure and incident depression among farmers’ wives in the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective cohort study in Iowa and North Carolina. Methods We used data on 16,893 wives who did not report physician-diagnosed depression at enrollment (1993-1997) and who completed a follow-up telephone interview (2005-2010). Among these wives, 1,054 reported physician diagnoses of depression at follow-up. We collected information on potential confounders and on ever use of any pesticide, 11 functional and chemical classes of pesticides, and 50 specific pesticides by wives and their husbands via self-administered questionnaires at enrollment. We used inverse probability weighting to adjust for potential confounders and to account for possible selection bias induced by the death or loss of 10,639 wives during follow-up. We used log-binomial regression models to estimate risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Results After weighting for age at enrollment, state of residence, education level, diabetes diagnosis, and not dropping out of the cohort, wives’ incident depression was positively associated with diagnosed pesticide poisoning, but was not associated with ever using any pesticide. Use of individual pesticides or functional or chemical classes of pesticides was generally not associated with wives’ depression. Among wives who never used pesticides, husbands’ ever use of individual pesticides or functional or chemical classes of pesticides was generally not associated with wives’ incident depression. Conclusions Our study adds further evidence that high level pesticide exposure, such as pesticide poisoning, is associated with increased risk of depression and sets a lower bound on the level of exposure related to depression, thereby providing reassurance that the moderate levels of pesticide exposure experienced by farmers’ wives likely do not increase risk.

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Pesticide exposure and self-reported incident depression among wives in the Agricultural Health Study

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Richards

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“…In addition, it has been recognised that one of the problems in rural areas in relation to mental health care is providing quality, well-coordinated mental health services to this under-serviced group (Townsend, Pirkis, Pham, Harris, & Whiteford, 2006). There are also certain exposures that can contribute to higher rates of depression and other mental health-related outcomes, including exposure to certain types of pesticides and living on a farm (Beard et al, 2013;Carruth & Logan, 2002;Mackenzie Ross et al, 2010).…”

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“…For example, rural residents often respond to illness in terms of its effect on productivity, while urban residents respond to illness in terms of discomfort caused by pain. Specific to Australia, it was noted that health outcomes do tend to be poorer outside of major metropolitan areas, with coronary heart disease, circulatory diseases, motor vehicle accidents, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acting as the main contributors to higher death rates rates of depression and other mental health-related outcomes, including exposure to certain types of pesticides and living on a farm (Beard et al, 2013;Carruth & Logan, 2002;Mackenzie Ross et al, 2010).While this section has highlighted some issues associated with rurality, these issues may be common across all three of the environmental settings due to their geographic location. As previously …”

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Environmentally-related health impacts of coal seam gas development: An impact assessment approach in Queensland, Australia

Werner¹

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Queensland, Australia has a large mining industry and has been extracting coal seam gas (CSG) on an increasingly larger scale in recent years. CSG is a type of unconventional natural gas.Historically, concerns associated with unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) have come from areas where types of UNGD other than CSG are predominant. While shale gas and CSG development are not identical, there is an underlying theme of community concern about the potential environmentally-related health impacts (ERHIs) of such development. A problem for Australia is that there is a dearth of research on ERHIs associated with CSG, in particular, in Queensland.The purpose of this research was to explore the ERHIs associated with CSG development in Queensland and suggest areas for further research. This exploratory study used three environmental settings: a CSG setting and two alternative settings (i.e., coal mining and rural/agricultural). The CSG study area served as the primary setting, as this is a fairly new industry and there is as yet no substantial body of knowledge to fully understand what the health impacts may be. Data concerning CSG gas well numbers, as well as other 'macro' environmental determinants, such as production figures, were used to assess increased environmental activity within these areas.Subjective health outcomes in residents were assessed through a self-report survey. This was to determine any differences in health and psychosocial impacts of environmental change between the respondents living in each environmental setting. In addition to the subjective health outcomes data, objective health outcomes were examined through hospital admissions data for the period 1995-2011 for all three areas. These data were compared between the three areas for differences in hospitalisation rates over time in relation to various conditions according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) chapters. Hospital admissions data were also examined in conjunction with CSG well development activity data in the CSG area to gather evidence of CSG health impact using limited available environmental data.The findings showed that the self-reported health status of respondents in the CSG area did not differ compared to the two other study areas; however, respondents did self-report higher levels of environmental distress for some measures. There were significant increases in all-age hospitalisation rates over time in the CSG area compared to the coal mining and rural areas for 'All-cause' hospitalisation rates (RR: 1.01; 95% CI: 1.00-1.01 compared to the coal mining area and RR: 1.01; 95% CI: 1.01-1.02 compared to the rural area). Significant increases were also ii seen for admission rates within ICD chapters related to 'Blood/immune' diseases (RR: 1.08; 95% CI: 1.05-1.12 compared to the coal mining area and RR: 1.05; 95% CI: 1.01-1.09 compared to the rural area) and 'Eye' diseases (RR: 1.04; 95% CI: 1.02-1.06 compared to the coal mining area and RR: 1.04; 95% CI: 1.02-1.06 compared to the rural area)....

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Special Risk Populations in Agricultural Communities

Donham¹,

Thelin²

2016

Agricultural Medicine

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Cited by 68 publications

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Pesticide exposure and self-reported incident depression among wives in the Agricultural Health Study

Pesticide exposure and self-reported incident depression among wives in the Agricultural Health Study

Environmentally-related health impacts of coal seam gas development: An impact assessment approach in Queensland, Australia

Special Risk Populations in Agricultural Communities

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