Farm Worker Illness Following Exposure to Carbofuran and Other Pesticides – Fresno County, California, 1998

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Beckman, John ; Das, R. ; Edmiston, Sue ; Harrison, Robert J. ; Hernandez, B. ; Mehler, Louise ; Sablan, O. ; Santamaria, B. ; Schneider, Frank ; Souter, A. ; Steinmaus, C. ; Sutton, Paul
• Description:
  In California, suspected pesticide-related illnesses and suspected work-related illnesses and injuries are reportable conditions. On July 31, 1998, the Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) received a report from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) of a pesticide exposure incident in Fresno County involving 34 farm workers. CDHS investigated this incident by reviewing medical records of the 34 workers and interviewing 29. The findings indicated that the workers became ill after early reentry into a cotton field that had been sprayed with a cholinesterase-inhibiting carbamate pesticide. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Environmental Monitoring Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Exposure-assessment Injuries Injury-prevention Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027440
• Citation:
  MMWR 1999 Feb; 48(6):113-116
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f3632a84e2b35888e52e50de151d476ea420deb1f9740763ec29929223285ebb774129618e1459cb36c27d2a1133c08dadb7f918feef4f71efd4fba27fd699b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183090/cdc_183090_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 90.82 KB ]