Pesticide exposures among children less than seven years of age - Louisiana pesticide surveillance data, 2003-2007

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• Personal Author:
  Badakhsh R ; Lackovic M
• Description:
  Statewide surveillance of pesticide exposures is conducted by the Louisiana Office of Public Health's Section of Environmental Epidemiology & Toxicology (SEET). The main sources of pesticide exposure reports are calls made to the Louisiana Poison Control Center (PCC), and complaints filed with Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), the state agency responsible for enforcing pesticide misapplications or misuse. SEET works closely with LDAF to evaluate health effects associated with complaints of pesticide exposure. Pesticide poisoning is a reportable condition in Louisiana, although very few cases are reported directly by physicians. Pesticides include any substance or mixture of substances intended to control a variety of pests such as insects, rodents, fungi, weeds and microorganisms. Typical household pesticide products are insect sprays, cleaning products and mosquito repellents. One of the most common locations of pesticide exposure, especially to children, is within the family residence. This report examines pesticide exposures among children less than seven years of age during a five-year period (2003-2007). Only cases with at least two health effects associated with pesticide exposure were included in the data analysis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disinfectants Emergency Responders Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Children Cleaning-compounds Emergency-treatment Household-bleach Housekeeping-products Insect-repellents Insecticide-poisoning Medical-treatment Pest-control Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Poison-control Poisons Rodenticides Sprays Surveillance-programs

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4-6
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042471
• Citation:
  LA Morb Rep 2009 Mar-Apr; 20(2):4-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Roshan Badakhsh, Louisiana Office of Public Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section, P.O. Box 60630, New Orleans, LA 70160
• Email:
  roshan.badakhsh@la.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Performing Organization:
  Louisiana State Office of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Louisiana Morbidity Report
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac07ae7e63325671ec12bd5a2da9e14b62186fed17284639ad24ce73148044a332045d5ff5aee68cf35703d02a17b5c494963d5466576f3db52e16c0f345d85f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194688/cdc_194688_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 654.80 KB ]