Notes from the Field: Acute Pesticide-Related Illness Resulting from Occupational Exposure to Acrolein – Washington and California, 1993–2009

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• Personal Author:
  Beckman J ; Clavert GM ; Holland A ; Prado J ; Rodriguez L
• Description:
  Acrolein is an aquatic herbicide used in the western United States to prevent impaired water flow in irrigation canals. Despite its toxicity, few cases of acrolein-related illness have been reported in the literature. On August 15, 2012, an irrigation district notified the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) of acrolein-related illness in one of its pesticide applicators. L&I inspected the site and interviewed the exposed worker, coworkers, and employer. The Washington State Department of Health assisted by obtaining medical records, interviewing the patient and hospital staff, and reviewing information obtained from L&I. To look for additional cases, CDC reviewed data from the SENSOR-Pesticides program* and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for 1993-2009, the most recent years of data availability, and identified seven additional cases of acute acrolein-related illness. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Herbicides Inhalation Exposure Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Exposure-levels Humans Inhalants Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Risk-factors Surveillance-programs Work-areas Work-environment Workers
• 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
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• 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:
  313-314
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042507
• Citation:
  MMWR 2013 Apr; 62(16):313-314
• Email:
  gcalvert@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acrolein (CAS RN 107-02-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183199/cdc_183199_DS1.pdf
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