Surveillance for Acute Pesticide-Related Illness During the Medfly Eradication Program – Florida, 1998

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• Personal Author:
  Brooks RG ; Heber S ; Hughes BJ ; Hunter RG ; Sekereke HJ Jr. ; Shafey O
• Description:
  The Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) (Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann) is an exotic insect that can damage approximately 250 fruit and vegetable plant species and is a serious threat to domestic agriculture. During the spring and summer of 1998, pesticides were used by federal and state agriculture authorities to eradicate Medfly infestations that had been detected in portions of five Florida counties (Table 1). This report summarizes surveillance data, describes probable and possible cases of illness associated with the eradication effort, and provides recommendations for future Medfly-eradication programs. The Medfly Eradication Program began on April 4, 1998, with ground applications of malathion/bait* and diazinon, followed by aerial malathion/bait application that began on April 30. All insecticide applications were completed on September 6. The respective county health departments estimated that 132,000 persons resided in the areas treated with these pesticides. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Dermatitis Environmental Pollution Food Contamination Hazardous Substances Insecta Insecticides Occupational Health Poisoning Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Biological-effects Environmental-contamination Exposure-methods Food-contaminants Insects Pest-control Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Poison-control Pulmonary-system-disorders Region-4 Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance-programs Toxic-materials

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• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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
• Volume:
  282
• Issue:
  23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032269
• Citation:
  JAMA 1999 Dec; 282(23):2204-2206
• CAS Registry Number:
  Diazinon (CAS RN 333-41-5) ; Malathion (CAS RN 121-75-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:14a8607a4842feed663976d43fbecdbafbea8399dbaf65914341a59f1615c5927890f06e1a11ec02081d59817f88ee1dadb80017a83ac5bb7459597717263d99
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186300/cdc_186300_DS1.pdf
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