Acute Pesticide Poisoning Associated with Pyraclostrobin Fungicide – Iowa, 2007

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Gergely, Rita M. ; Hokel, B. W. ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Luckhaupt, Sara E.
• Description:
  Pyraclostrobin is an agricultural pesticide product used to kill fungi (e.g., blights, mildews, molds, and rusts). Hazards to humans from pyraclostrobin exposure include eye injury and skin irritation (1). In July 2007, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) received reports of five events involving pyraclostrobin that sickened 33 persons, including 27 migrant workers who were exposed in a single incident during aerial application (i.e., crop dusting). This report describes those five events and provides recommendations for preventing additional illnesses associated with exposure to pyraclostrobin. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Fungi Fungicide, Industrial Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Work-practices; Workplace-studies; Occupational-exposure; Acute-exposure; Worker-health; Health-hazards; Farmers; Hazardous-materials; Health-hazards; Health-surveys; Workplace-studies; Training; Pesticides; Poisons; Fungicides; Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals; Agricultural-workers; Agricultural-chemicals; Humans; Surveillance-programs
• Source:
  MMWR 2008 Jan; 56(51/52):1343-1345
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033031
• Citation:
  MMWR 2008 Jan; 56(51/52):1343-1345
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ; Wholesale and Retail Trade ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  Iowa State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• End Date:
  20210630
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cb79561489c5a6eed6499ffa0574c1ebded70b450569897828b6087368c55a9351597a9a37bb520c8f40548dda4b71e99340ce60e6962ec06a9061cc1793fa08
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182986/cdc_182986_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 531.75 KB ]