Public Health Ascertainment and National Notification for Acute Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury

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• Personal Author:
  Stanbury, Martha
• Description:
  Background: Pesticides, by design, are toxic to certain life forms. Currently in the United States, there are over 20,000 registered pesticide products based on over 600 active ingredients. Domestic usage of pesticides is 2.3 billion pounds per year. Approximately 80 percent of all pesticide use involves the agricultural industry with the remainder used for home, garden, and structural pest control. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 10,000-20,000 physician-diagnosed pesticide poisonings occur each year among the approximately 3,380,000 U.S. agricultural workers. Annually, poison control centers receive over 100,000 calls involving acute exposure to pesticides. It is estimated that five-to-six percent of all reported poisonings are due to pesticides. In the United States, the agricultural industry has the highest rate of pesticide poisoning at 54 reported poisonings per 100,000 agricultural workers. Most of the reported pesticide morbidity results from exposure to insecticides, especially cholinesterase inhibitors. In Oregon and Washington, approximately half of the reported pesticide illnesses and injuries occur in nonoccupational settings, e.g., residential pesticide applications, or drift from forestry or agricultural operations. Additional state-based surveillance programs in Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, and Texas also gather data on pesticide poisonings. Justification: Acute pesticide-related illness and injury meets the following criteria for a nationally and routinely notifiable condition, as specified in CSTE position statement 08-EC-02: A majority of state and territorial jurisdictions-or jurisdictions comprising a majority of the US population-have laws or regulations requiring routine reporting of acute pesticide-related illness and injury to public health authorities; CDC requests routine notification of acute pesticide-related illness and injury to NIOSH; CDC has condition-specific policies and practices concerning the agency's response to, and use of, notifications. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Epidemiology Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Insecticide Poisoning Occupational Exposure Pest Control Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Public Health Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060343
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 2009 Jul; :1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Martha Stanbury, Division of Environmental Health, Michigan Department of Community Health, PO Box 30195, Lansing MI 48909
• Email:
  stanburym@michigan.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Public health ascertainment and national notification for acute pesticide-related illness and injury
• End Date:
  20111231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ead155bf817092d7f5a1d4820aef95eee178e714570fd1946616c20e1da6d3648af3cfa290d3cfcc4f845a43728afff416317768f9e56e5c47e0e1f756917f9b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224284/cdc_224284_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 56.85 KB ]