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Title: Observations on agricultural workers occupationally exposed to organophosphorus insecticides of low toxicity
Authors: Grech, J.L.
Keywords: Organophosphorus compounds -- Health aspects -- Case studies
Insecticides -- Health aspects -- Case studies
Issue Date: 1968
Publisher: The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette
Citation: Grech, J.L. (1968). Observations on agricultural workers occupationally exposed to organophosphorus insecticides of low toxicity. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 3(2), 97-101.
Abstract: This is a paper read at the 3rd Congress of the European Association of Poisons Control Centres, Madrid, September 1968. The effects of acute intoxication by organophosphorus insecticides are well documented, but the results of toxicity in workers who have been at risk for years, are less well known. In this paper the results of pChE estimations on the sera of agricultural workers employed in spraying with organophosphorus insecticides of low toxicity are reported. The findings on 7 workers observed over the period 1962 to 1968 show that periodic intoxication coincided with the times at which spraying was intensified, and the spontaneous recoveries of pChE occurred in the intervals. Depression of pChE activity was not associated with clinical manifestations of poisoning. Reliance on the use of organophosphorus compounds of low toxicity only as the sole measure of safety is insufficient. ChE estimations should be regularly carried out on the workers as this provides the earliest indication of poisoning.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/13613
Appears in Collections:TSLHG, Volume 3, Issue 2
TSLHG, Volume 3, Issue 2

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