Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury -United States, 2007-2011

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Oct 14;63(55):11-16. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6355a3.

Abstract

CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) collects data on acute pesticide-related illness and injury reported by 12 states (California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington). This report summarizes the data on illnesses and injuries arising from occupational exposure to conventional pesticides from 2007 through 2011. This report is a part of the Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks - United States, which encompasses various surveillance years but is being published in 2016 (1). The Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks appears in the same volume of MMWR as the annual Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases (2). In a separate report, data on illnesses and injuries from nonoccupational exposure to pesticides during 2007-2011 are summarized (3).

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Occupational Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Occupational Diseases / epidemiology
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
  • Occupational Injuries / chemically induced*
  • Occupational Injuries / epidemiology
  • Pesticides / toxicity*
  • Population Surveillance*
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Pesticides