Psychiatric Disorders among Egyptian Pesticide Applicators and Formulators

Amr, M.M.; Halim, Zakaria; Moussa, Suaad

doi:10.1006/enrs.1997.3744

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“…These findings are in line with previous reports [14,44] in which individuals that were regularly exposed to carbamates and endosulfan reported reproductive and erectile dysfunction. In addition, Burnett [45] in his review reports increased erectile dysfunction and loss of libido in men exposed to a variety pesticides [46,47].…”

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“…Among the pesticide formulators, exposed to pesticide for 40 hours per week, a positive association was found between exposure time (5 versus 20 years of exposure) and erectile dysfunction. In addition, both pesticide formulators and applicators showed significantly higher rates of psychiatric disorders than controls [47]. Various groups of pesticides (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids) are known to produce toxic effects by affecting normal nerve conduction in the central and peripheral nervous systems [11].…”

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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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confidence: 99%

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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“…OPs being inhibitors of esterases lead to the accumulation of acetylcholine at nerve endings leading to cholinergic crises, by initial stimulation and eventually exhaustion of cholinergic synapses (Singh and Sharma, 2000). Clinical features reported anxiety depression, irritability, psychotic symptoms, and erectile disorders were more significant in pesticides applicators than controls (Amr et al, 1997). Chronic low-dose exposure leads to the neuropsychiatric consequences among the tobacco agricultural workers in Brazil (Salvi et al, 2003).…”

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Adverse Health Effects of Pesticides Exposure in Agricultural and Industrial Workers of Developing Country

Hashmi¹,

Imran²,

Dilshad³

2011

Pesticides - The Impacts of Pesticides Exposure

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“…Behavioural impairments due to pesticide exposure have also been implicated in serious accidents among agricultural workers (Redhead, 1968;Wood et al, 1971;Smith et al, 1968). Amr et al (1997) found that, compared to controls, subjects heavily exposed to pesticides (40 h/week, 9 months/year) had a significant increase in the frequency of psychiatric disorders, especially depressive neurosis and dysthymic disorder (DSM-III-R). These results left unresolved issue of reversibility of psychiatric symptoms after a pesticide-free period and the occurrence of syndrome in subjects not so heavily exposed to OP compounds.…”

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Chronic Exposure to Pesticides- Neurological, Neurobehavioral and Molecular Targets of Neurotoxicity

B.K¹,

Gill²

2011

Pesticides in the Modern World - Effects of Pesticides Exposure

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Psychiatric Disorders among Egyptian Pesticide Applicators and Formulators

Cited by 71 publications

References 20 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

Adverse Health Effects of Pesticides Exposure in Agricultural and Industrial Workers of Developing Country

Chronic Exposure to Pesticides- Neurological, Neurobehavioral and Molecular Targets of Neurotoxicity

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