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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Personal Author:
Rodriguez, Luis ; Prado, Joanne ; Holland, April ; Beckman, John ; Calvert, Geoffrey M.
Rodriguez, Luis ; Prado, Joanne ; Holland, April ; Beckman, John ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. Less -
Description:
Acrolein is an aquatic herbicide used in the western United States to prevent impaired water flow in irrigation canals. Despite its toxicity, few cases of acrolein-related illness have been reported in the literature. On August 15, 2012, an irrigation district notified the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) of acrolein-related illness in one of its pesticide applicators. L&I inspected the site and interviewed the exposed worker, coworkers, and employer. The Washington State Department of Health assisted by obtaining medical records, interviewing the patient and hospital staff, and reviewing information obtained from L&I. To look for additional cases, CDC reviewed data from the SENSOR-Pesticides program* and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for 1993-2009, the most recent years of data availability, and identified seven additional cases of acute acrolein-related illness.
Subjects:
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Acrolein Acute Disease Adult Agricultural Irrigation Agricultural Workers' Diseases Female Humans Lateral Medullary Syndrome Male Middle Aged Notes From The Field Occupational Exposure Pesticides Young Adult
Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013; 62(16):313-314.
Pubmed ID:
23615676
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4604963
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
California ; Washington
California ; Washington Less -
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:d4f0c916df67710cf2d3f7ecd3e6c7b98f6a49810b112adf7ec419466f9415c1
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59029/cdc_59029_DS1.pdf
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