Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury – United States, 2007–2010

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Beckman, John ; Bojes, Heidi K. ; Bonnar Prado, Joanne ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Higgins, Sheila A. ; Lackovic, Michelle ; Leinenkugel, Kathy ; Mitchell, Yvette ; Moraga-McHaley, Stephanie ; Mulay, Prakash R. ; Schwartz, Abby ; Waltz, Justin
• Description:
  CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) collects data on acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries reported by 11 states (California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, New Mexico [2007-2008 only], New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington). This report summarizes data on illnesses and injuries arising from occupational exposure to conventional pesticides during 2007-2010. This report is a part of the first-ever Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks, which encompasses various surveillance years but is being published in 2015. The Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks appears in the same volume of MMWR as the annual Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases. During 2007-2010, a total of 2,014 cases of acute occupational pesticide-related illness and injury were identified in 11 states. Rates of illness and injury among agricultural industry workers (18.4/100,000) were 37 times greater than the rates for nonagricultural workers (0.5/100,000). Rates were found to be highest in Washington. Most affected persons were exposed to insecticides or herbicides. Among persons who were exposed to insecticides, the chemical classes most often involved were pyrethroids, organophosphates, and pyrethrins. Among persons exposed to herbicides, the specific herbicides most commonly involved were glyphosate and the dipyridyls (i.e., paraquat and diquat). A total of 81% of cases were classified as low severity, 17% were moderate severity, and 1% were high severity. One affected person died. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Organophosphates Phosphoric Acids Safety
• Keywords:
  Surveillance-programs; Pesticides; Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals; Information-retrieval-systems; Epidemiology; Statistical-analysis; Agricultural-chemicals; Agricultural-industry; Agricultural-workers; Injuries; Diseases; Acute-toxicity; Employee-exposure; Occupational-exposure; Insecticides; Herbicides; Pyrethroids; Organo-phosphorus-compounds; Organo-phosphorus-pesticides; Phosphates
• 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:
  United States
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  54
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046887
• Citation:
  MMWR Sum Notifiable Noninfect Cond Dis Outbreaks US 2015 Oct; 62(54):5-10
• Email:
  jac6@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Methyl viologen (CAS RN 1910-42-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  Texas State Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• End Date:
  20160630
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bc1c2f4317209509e8006d91c9bd48f121be09e45bc5294e8e8a5e1498da070b74a18f9fc95623874ddcbabdc2bf7f5d4d61b77ed213cea44604afb1eb059856
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248501/cdc_248501_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 706.26 KB ]