Occupational Pesticide Exposures and Respiratory Health

Ye, Ming; Beach, Jeremy; Martin, Jonathan W.; Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan

doi:10.3390/ijerph10126442

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“…Each disease condition was identified using a list of certain criteria of symptoms that the sprayer was able to identify. Such symptoms were numbness and or burning or tingling sensation of either hands and or feet for peripheral neuropathy [20], wheezing, cough, chest tightness [29] without feeling high body temperature as respiratory disorder, skin reaction by itching, irritation, rashes, change of colour or eczematous reaction [30]. Visual performance not related to eye infection was defined as sight problem [31].…”

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Self-reported Health Effects among Short and Long-term Pesticide Sprayers in Arusha, Northern Tanzania: A cross Sectional Study

Manyilizu¹,

Mdegela²,

Kazwala³

et al. 2015

Occup Med Health Aff

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There is also circumstantial evidence on the association of exposure to pesticides with chronic diseases like respiratory problems, dermal disorders, cardiovascular disease, nephropathies, chronic fatigue syndrome and aging [1]. Since health-workers are not adequately trained to identify adverse effects of pesticides [22,23] and because of the Abstract Background: The aim of the present study was to assess whether long-term exposure to pesticides is associated with adverse health effects in professional pesticide sprayers. Methods:The study was conducted in Lake Eyasi Basin and Ngarenanyuki in Arusha region, during the dry season in September-October 2013. In a cross-sectional study, 97 short-term exposed men with at most three months as professional sprayers were compared with 60 long-term exposed men with experience of at least five years as professional sprayers. The study participants were aged 18-30 years, drawn from the same source population and interviewed using semi structured questionnaire. The questions focused on spraying procedures and on present and recurrent medical history including presence of selected six known pesticide induced health conditions. Results:Organophosphates, carbamates, dithiocarbamates and pyrethroids were the most applied insecticides but also organochlorine fungicides and endosulfan were frequently applied. The majority of the sprayers reported unsafe pesticide use. Mean pesticide uses in litres, spray frequency per crop and per week were 637, and 1.3 respectively for about 270 days a year. Respiratory disease symptoms were the most frequently reported (46/157; 29.3%) followed by skin (27/157; 17.2%), and sight (24/157; 15.3%). When adjusted for age and other predictors, long-term exposed sprayers had significantly higher self-reported occurrences of peripheral neuropathy (OR=7.7, CI95%: 1.045-56.728, p=0.045) and respiratory disorders (OR=0.2, CI95%: 0.067-0.501, p=0.001) compared with short-term exposed. Furthermore, 10 sprayers, all long-term exposed reported poor libido and erection problems. Conclusions: These findings document lack of safety knowledge, safe pesticide management and the implementation of protective measures as well as suggesting that long-term exposure to pesticides increase the risk of experience disease conditions compared to short-term exposure.

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Self-reported Health Effects among Short and Long-term Pesticide Sprayers in Arusha, Northern Tanzania: A cross Sectional Study

Manyilizu¹,

Mdegela²,

Kazwala³

et al. 2015

Occup Med Health Aff

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“…An adverse effect of pesticide exposure on human respiratory health such as asthma was associated with occupational pesticide exposures. Impaired lung function was also often observed among people occupationally exposed to pesticides [31].…”

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“…Factors involved in occupational pesticide exposures usually include application intensity, frequency, duration and method, safety behaviors (e.g., use of personal protective equipment), as well as the physiochemical and toxicological profiles of the pesticides in use. Compared to environmental exposures where levels of exposure tend to be fairly low, occupational exposures to pesticides are often at relatively high doses, whether acute or chronic [30,31].…”

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Farmer's Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and their Exposure to Pesticide Residues after Application on the Vegetable and Fruit Crops. Case Study: North of Delta, Egypt

Abbassy¹

2017

J Environ Anal Toxicol

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“…U osób narażonych na zawodowy kontakt z pestycydami istnieje podwyższone ryzyko wystąpienia chorób układu oddechowego -astmy oskrzelowej, przewlekłego zapalenia oskrzeli czy przewlekłej obturacyjnej choroby płuc. Podejrzewa się ponadto, że kontakt z pestycydami jest czynnikiem środowiskowym stymulującym rozwój nowotworów płuc, choć wyniki badań nie są jednoznaczne [30]. Istnieje niebezpieczeństwo, że stosowanie nanocząstek jako nośników pestycydów może się przyczynić do zwiększenia narażenia na działanie pestycydów drogą inhalacyjną.…”

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Nanopesticides – Light or dark side of the force?

Matysiak

Kruszewski

Kapka‐Skrzypczak

2017

Med Pr

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StreszczenieNanotechnologia znalazła zastosowanie w wielu gałęziach przemysłu, m.in. w rolnictwie, gdzie nanomateriały służą jako nośniki chemicznych środków ochrony roślin, a także jako substancje aktywne pestycydów. Nieznane są jednak skutki ekspozycji czło-wieka na działanie nanopestycydów. Grupą, której ze względu na wykonywany zawód powinno się poświęcić szczególną uwagę, są rolnicy. W niniejszej pracy podsumowano kierunki wykorzystania nanocząstek w rolnictwie, drogi narażenia pracowników rolnych na ich działanie oraz aktualny stan wiedzy na temat toksyczności nanomateriałów wobec komórek ssaków. Przedstawiono także techniki detekcji nanocząstek w środowisku pracy oraz biomarkery służące ocenie narażenia i skutków ekspozycji. Wyniki przeglądu wskazują, że użycie zdobyczy nanotechnologii w rolnictwie może przynieść wymierne korzyści w postaci zmniejszenia ilości stosowanych chemicznych środków ochrony. W literaturze nie ma jednak badań określających, czy stosowanie nanocząstek jako nośników nie zwiększa efektów szkodliwego działania pestycydów na ludzki organizm. Ponadto wyniki badań na liniach komórkowych oraz modelach zwierzęcych świadczą, że nanocząstki stosowane jako substancje aktywne mogą być toksyczne dla komórek ssaków. Zauważalny jest jednocześnie zupełny brak badań epidemiologicznych dotyczących tego zagadnienia. Wydaje się, że w najbliższym czasie skutki ekspozycji na nanopestycydy mogą wymagać szczególnej uwagi nie tylko środowiska naukowego, ale także lekarzy opiekujących się pracownikami rolnymi i ich rodzinami. Med. Pr. 2017;68(3):423-432 Słowa kluczowe: nanocząstki, narażenie zawodowe, biomarkery, pestycydy, detekcja, toksyczność Abstract Nanotechnology has been used in many branches of industry, including agriculture, where nanomaterials are used as carriers of chemical plant protection compounds, as well as active ingredients. Meanwhile, the effects of nanopesticides exposure on the human body are unknown. Due to their occupation, farmers should be particularly monitored. This paper summarizes the use of nanoparticles in agriculture, the route of potential exposure for agricultural workers and the current state of knowledge of nanopesticides toxicity to mammalian cells. The authors also discuss techniques for detecting nanoparticles in the workplace, as well as biomarkers and effects of exposure. The results of this review indicate that the use of nanotechnology in agriculture can bring measurable benefits by reducing the amount of chemicals used for plant protection. However, there is no research available to determine whether or not the use of pesticide nanoformulations increases the harmful effects of pesticides. Moreover, the results of research on cell lines and in animal models suggest that nanoparticles used as active substance are toxic to mammalian cells. Interestingly, there is also a complete lack of epidemiological studies on this subject. In the nearest future the effects of exposure to nanopesticides may require a particular attention paid by scientists and medical doctors wh...

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Occupational Pesticide Exposures and Respiratory Health

Cited by 190 publications

References 179 publications

Self-reported Health Effects among Short and Long-term Pesticide Sprayers in Arusha, Northern Tanzania: A cross Sectional Study

Self-reported Health Effects among Short and Long-term Pesticide Sprayers in Arusha, Northern Tanzania: A cross Sectional Study

Farmer's Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and their Exposure to Pesticide Residues after Application on the Vegetable and Fruit Crops. Case Study: North of Delta, Egypt

Nanopesticides – Light or dark side of the force?

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