Objectives: The goal of this study was to describe acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses among youths and to provide prevention recommendations.
Methods: Survey data from 8 states and from poison control center data were analyzed. Illness incidence rates and incidence rate ratios were calculated.
Results: A total of 531 youths were identified with acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses. Insecticides were responsible for most of these illnesses (68%), most of which were of minor severity (79%). The average annual incidence rate among youths aged 15 to 17 years was 20.4 per billion hours worked, and the incidence rate ratio among youths vs adults was 1.71 (95% confidence interval = 1.53, 1.91).
Conclusions: The present findings suggest the need for greater efforts to prevent acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses among adolescents.
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