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"Cases of acute pesticide poisoning (APP) account for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in developing countries. There are no reliable estimates as to how many people per year suffer from pesticide-related health effects. This is due to several reasons including a lack of standardized case definition. The purpose of this document is to create a standard case definition to facilitate the identification and diagnosis of APP, especially at the field level, in rural clinics and primary health-care systems. The case definition is inclusive of all circumstances of poisoning including suicide, homicide, non-intentional (accidental exposure) and occupational.

Studies in developed countries have demonstrated the annual incidence rates of APP in agricultural workers to be as much as 18.2 per 100 000 full time workers and 7.4 per million among schoolchildren."

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Par Josef G Thundiyil, Judy Stober, Nida Besbelli, Jenny Pronczuk.

WHO | Acute pesticide poisoning: a proposed classification tool - Mars 2008 

 

• Table 1. Adverse health effects caused by selected classes of pesticides
  

 

Phosphonates (herbicide)

Roundup, glyphosate

Airway, skin, andmucous membrane irritation, abdominal, pain, nausea, vomiting, shock,dyspnea, respiratory failure

O, R [*]

 

• Table 2. Signs and symptoms by organ system and severity category

 

 

[Image] Graphique destiné à l'éducation aux pesticides en Afrique de l'Ouest [via] guide.pdf - p 43 - Janvier 2018
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLfKbhKJM5iwkAIVK2DoZa2GC3CSLMXG/view

 

References

• Kishi M, Ladou J. International pesticide use. Int J Occup Environ Health 2001; 7: 259-65.
• Jeyaratnam J. Acute pesticide poisoning: a major global health problem. World Health Stat Q 1990; 43: 139-44.
• Calvert GM, Plate DK, Das R, Rosales R, Shafey O, Thomsen C, et al., et al. Acute occupational pesticide-related illness in the US, 1998-1999: surveillance findings from the SENSOR-pesticides program. Am J Ind Med 2004; 45: 14-23.
• Alarcon WA, Calvert GM, Blondell JM, Mehler LN, Sievert J, Propeck M, et al., et al. Acute illnesses associated with pesticide exposure at school. JAMA 2005; 294: 455-65.

 

[*] O, R : Oral, Respiratory (ingestion, inhalation)