Pesticide-Related Illnesses Associated with the Use of a Plant Growth Regulator – Italy, 2001

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Ballard, T. ; Bascherini, S. ; Bongiovanni, L. ; Conticello, M. ; Davanzo, F. ; Faraoni, L. ; Marcello, I. ; Mehler, Louise ; Miceli, G. ; Rubbiani, M. ; Settimi, L.
• Description:
  During January--February 2001, eight cases of acute illness in the county of Ragusa, Italy, were reported to the Italian National Institute for Health (INIH) by the Milan Poison Control Center (MPCC) and were attributed to exposure to Dormex, a plant growth regulator with hydrogen cyanamide as the active ingredient. These cases were identified during a pilot project for acute pesticide-related illness surveillance. Subsequent active case finding at health-care clinics by the Ragusa Occupational Health Unit identified six additional cases. MPCC identified nine cases in other areas of Italy. Of the 23 cases of acute illness, 22 resulted from occupational exposure during mixing and/or applying of Dormex, and one was from unintentional ingestion. This report summarizes the investigation of these cases, which implicates a pesticide as the causative agent and demonstrates the usefulness of surveillance for detecting pesticide-related illnesses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Eye Foreign Bodies Insecticides Liver Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Dermatology Eye-irritants Liver-disorders Occupational-exposure Pesticides Plant-substances Plants Poison-control Poisons Surveillance-programs Worker-health

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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:
  Italy
• 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:
  50
• Issue:
  39
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021693
• Citation:
  MMWR 2001 Oct; 50(39):845-847
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cyanamide (CAS RN 420-04-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf1260fae989b1c4319afeaf0859ffb8596b94a375a7a1734c938c7fc52f562ae2fec5f06792ff05c454882c4f9366b61fb10036ff5e5120e8b59f338c4c3175
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183253/cdc_183253_DS1.pdf
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