Illness Associated with Drift of Chloropicrin Soil Fumigant into a Residential Area – Kern County, California, 2003

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Barry, T. ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Edmiston, Sue ; Ibarra, M. ; O'Malley, Michael A. ; Richmond, D. ; Smith, M.
• Description:
  Chloropicrin is the fourth most commonly used soil fumigant in California. Exposure to chloropicrin causes eye and respiratory tract irritation, vomiting, and diarrhea (1). This report describes an investigation by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) and the Kern County Agriculture Commissioner (KCAC) into illnesses associated with the offsite drift of chloropicrin in Kern County. A total of 165 persons experienced symptoms consistent with chloropicrin exposure. The findings underscore health risks associated with fumigants and the usefulness of procedures adopted in California to ensure both prompt identification of exposure events and timely notification of the affected public. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Exposure Eye Foreign Bodies Insecticides Irritants Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Airborne-particles Environmental-exposure Eye-irritants Fumigants Pest-control Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Region-9 Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Soil-sampling

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• 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:
  53
• Issue:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025801
• Citation:
  MMWR 2004 Aug; 53(32):740-742
• CAS Registry Number:
  Chloropicrin (CAS RN 76-06-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dbe3e205e74a16d7057dc63643e280404e72e3acf175d48b007e3d3ccbaa7b4f3fd463f7b465e824120a36eb53e3660f33e1f1548fbe4b6ad6c676524872af5c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183137/cdc_183137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 116.46 KB ]