Relationship of pesticide spraying to signs and symptoms in Indonesian farmers

Kishi, Misa; Hirschhorn, Norbert; Djajadisastra, M.; Satterlee, L N; Strowman, Shelley R.; Dilts, Russell

doi:10.5271/sjweh.19

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“…Use of observational exposure surveys is a well-established method in the epidemiology and exposure literature on the assessment of inhalation and dermal exposures (29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35). Psychosocial components of behavior have been examined previously in the field of industrial hygiene to address issues such as worker pesticide exposure and worker low-back pain (11,13,17).…”

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Development of a questionnaire to assess worker knowledge, attitudes and perceptions underlying dermal exposure

Geer¹,

Curbow²,

Anna³

et al. 2006

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Development of a questionnaire to assess worker knowledge, attitudes and perceptions underlying dermal exposure

Geer¹,

Curbow²,

Anna³

et al. 2006

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Experiments have shown that the blood AChE level must be depressed to less than 20% of its normal value before symptoms of systemic poisoning appear (Coye et al, 1986;Kishi et al, 1995 ) . In the present study, there was no indication of such depression, which may explain the lack of relationship between symptoms and AChE.…”

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confidence: 99%

Acute health effects of organophosphorus pesticides on Tanzanian small-scale coffee growers

Ngowi

Maeda

Partanen

et al. 2001

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Acute health effects of organophosphorus ( OP ) pesticides on coffee farmworkers in 1991 -1992 in Tanzania are reported to provide a basis for concern over farmworkers being overexposed during application. Workers exposed to OP pesticides ( N = 133 ) were drawn from a population of about 240,000 coffee farmers. They were interviewed on symptoms and personal protection, and their erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase ( AChE ) activity was determined during both spraying and nonspraying period. AChE activities during spraying and nonspraying period were comparable ( mean 32.0, SD 7.8 vs. 33.0, SD 8.7 U / g HgB, P= 0.26 ) . The prevalence of cough, headache, abdominal pain, excessive sweating, nausea, excessive salivation, diarrhea, and vomiting did not differ significantly between spraying and nonspraying periods. There was no suggestion of decreased AChE in exposed subjects who complained of OP -related symptoms compared to symptomless exposed subjects. Use of gloves, long boots, head cover, face cover, and coverall was not significantly associated with AChE activity. No marked AChE depression was found during spraying season, which may explain the lack of association between symptoms and AChE. The fact that only moderately toxic OP pesticides were used may indicate that toxicity was not sufficiently high to cause depression. Experience, however, suggests that occupational poisoning remains a potential serious danger in coffee cultivation in Tanzania.

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“…A importância de proteger a pele é apontada em vários estudos que têm em vista a exposição dérmica como a principal via de absorção dos pesticidas 20,21,22 . Nesta análise o uso de roupas de proteção não mostrou associação com as intoxicações, possivelmente devido ao viés de causalidade reversa ou a superestimação do uso de EPI.…”

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