Cholinesterase activity depression among California agricultural pesticide applicators.

Abstract:

:Cholinesterase activity measurements for 542 California agricultural pesticide applicators under medical supervision during the first 9 months of 1985 were analyzed. Twenty-six workers, 4.8% of the sample, had cholinesterase values at or below the California threshold values for removal from continued exposure to cholinesterase-inhibiting pesticides (60% of baseline for red blood cell cholinesterase and 50% of baseline for plasma cholinesterase activity). Eight of these 26 workers, 31.5%, had pesticide-related illnesses. Pesticides most frequently associated with cholinesterase depressions exceeding California threshold values included mevinphos (Phosdrin), oxydemeton methyl (Metasystox-R), methomyl (Lannate), and acephate (Orthene); these pesticides included organophosphates in toxicity categories I and II and one carbamate in toxicity category I.

journal_name

Am J Ind Med

authors

Ames RG,Brown SK,Mengle DC,Kahn E,Stratton JW,Jackson RJ

doi

10.1002/ajim.4700150203

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-01-01 00:00:00

pages

143-50

issue

2

eissn

0271-3586

issn

1097-0274

journal_volume

15

pub_type

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