Home Use of a Pyrethroid-Containing Pesticide and Facial Paresthesia in a Toddler: A Case Report.

Paresthesias have previously been reported among adults in occupational and non-occupational settings after dermal contact with pyrethroid insecticides. In this report, we describe a preverbal 13-month-old who presented to his primary care pediatrician with approximately 1 week of odd facial movements consistent with facial paresthesias. The symptoms coincided with a period of repeat indoor spraying at his home with a commercially available insecticide containing two active ingredients in the pyrethroid class.

Acute illness associated with use of pest strips - seven U.S. States and Canada, 2000-2013.

Dichlorvos-impregnated resin strips (DDVP pest strips) are among the few organophosphate products still available for indoor residential use. The residential uses for most other organophosphate products, including most DDVP products, were canceled because they posed unreasonable risks to children. DDVP pest strips act by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain and nerves of insect pests and are designed to gradually release DDVP vapor for up to 4 months.

Severe acute illness in a toddler exposed to multiple agricultural pesticides and an insect repellent.

Acute severe pesticide-related illness among farm worker children is rarely reported. The authors report a toddler with acute onset of apnea, cyanosis, somnolence, hypotonia, tachycardia, and miosis who required hospitalization. Health care providers suspected pesticide poisoning, but were unable to determine the causal agent.

Acute pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers in the United States, 1998-2005.

Background: Approximately 75% of pesticide usage in the United States occurs in agriculture. As such, agricultural workers are at greater risk of pesticide exposure than non-agricultural workers. However, the magnitude, characteristics and trend of acute pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers are unknown.

Acute pesticide poisoning in the U.S. retail industry, 1998-2004.

Objective: This study was conducted to describe the national magnitude and characteristics of acute pesticide poisoning among workers and customers in retail establishments.

Methods: Analyses included retail employees 15-64 years of age and customers with acute pesticide poisoning identified from the Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks-Pesticides (SENSOR-Pesticides) and California Department of Pesticide Regulation from 1998 to 2004. Pesticide poisoning incidence rates and incidence rate ratios (IRR) were calculated.

Acute pesticide-related illness among emergency responders, 1993-2002.

Background: Emergency responders are among the first to arrive at a pesticide-related release event. Magnitude, severity, and risk factor information on acute pesticide poisoning among those workers is needed.

Methods: Survey data collected from the SENSOR-Pesticides, CDPR and HSEES programs between 1993 and 2002 from 21 states were reviewed.

Acute illnesses associated with pesticide exposure at schools.

Context: Pesticides continue to be used on school property, and some schools are at risk of pesticide drift exposure from neighboring farms, which leads to pesticide exposure among students and school employees. However, information on the magnitude of illnesses and risk factors associated with these pesticide exposures is not available.

Objective: To estimate the magnitude of and associated risk factors for pesticide-related illnesses at schools.

Epidemiology of lindane exposures for pediculosis reported to Poison Centers in Texas, 1998-2002.

Background: Lindane (gamma-benzene hexachloride), commonly used as a treatment for pediculosis, has been associated with adverse reactions and has recently undergone increased regulation.

Objective: We sought to describe the patterns of a large number of lindane exposures reported to poison centers in Texas during 1998-2002.

Methods: Data on all lindane exposures for pediculosis reported to the Texas Poison Center Network were analyzed.