Wasping in Michigan Correctional Facilities: Exposures to Correctional Workers and Incarcerated Persons, 2023 and 2025 - Case Reports [prepub]

Details

• Journal Article:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Personal Author:
  TenHarmsel, Hailey ; Harduar-Morano, Laurel ; Rosenman, Kenneth D.
• Description:
  "Wasping" is an emerging trend where pyrethroid-based insecticides are intentionally inhaled. Michigan's pesticide surveillance program identified events in Michigan wherein correctional officers and incarcerated persons required medical evaluation at local hospitals after "wasping" exposures. Michigan's pesticide surveillance program reviewed case reports involving acute pesticide exposures. Demographic characteristics, signs and symptoms, and clinical outcomes were evaluated and described for each exposed correctional officer and incarcerated person. Reports identified eleven separate events at eight different Michigan correctional facilities where a total of five correctional officers and nine incarcerated persons experienced illness after being exposed to smoke from incarcerated persons "wasping" in 2023 and 2025. Awareness of the multiple routes of obtaining pyrethroid products for incarcerated persons and tailoring a prevention plan based on facility policies is crucial to protecting the health of incarcerated persons and correctional workers.
• Subjects:
  Correctional Facilities Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Wasping; Insecticides; Correctional Facility; Occupational Health; Case Report Pyrethroids; Inhalants; Inhalation; Insecticides; Correctional Facilities; Surveillance; Occupational Exposure; Case Reports;
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med 2026 Mar; :[Epub ahead of print]
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; Chicago Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071222
• Contact Point Address:
  Hailey TenHarmsel 909 Wilson Rd, 125 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824
• Email:
  yondohai@msu.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  λ-Cyhalothrin (CAS RN 91465-08-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f937a96601a717aae428557428248130965682b3d7efafb6a061d6349969f0072c48ebd7dad9158e4b3b812f7aa43fbe7b1129cd07a4c02a99f092f199e3f4b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/258701/cdc_258701_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]