Tracking Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury - Publications

Reports

Newsletter articles

Journal articles

Conference presentations and posters

Fact sheets and educational materials

•   Pesticides used to treat bed bugs can make you sick (PDF)  – pesticide hazard alert (2012)
• Managing pests and pesticides in your office (PDF)  – fact sheet for employers and building managers (co-produced by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 2011)
• Bank workers become ill after fumigation (PDF)   – pesticide hazard alert (2011)
• Keep pests and pesticides out of your office! (PDF)  – fact sheet for employees (co-produced by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 2011)
• Pesticide Illness: A comprehensive educational curriculum for health care providers. Copies are also available on CD (see web link for information)

Reports

• Occupational Pesticide Illness in California, 1998-2007 (PDF) (August 2009)
• Alternatives to the Use of Cyfluthrin to Control Thrips Damage in the Orange Growing Industry (PDF) – Consultant report prepared for OHB describes non-chemical and less toxic alternatives. (2008)
• Safety Of Pesticides Used To Control Adult Mosquitoes (PDF) (2006)
• Occupational Illness Among Flight Attendants Due to Aircraft Disinsection (PDF) (44-pages, 2003)
• The San Luis Obispo County Farmworker Survey (PDF) – Implementation of Worker Safety Regulations (144 pages, 2002) 
• Aircraft Disinsection (PDF) – Letter published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2001)
• Occupational Illness Due to Pesticide Drift from a Sprinkler Application of Metam-Sodium (PDF, Full report) ...  Spanish summary report (2001)
• Farm Worker Illness Following Exposure to Pesticide Drift in Kings County, California, 1999 (PDF, Full report) ...  Spanish summary report (2001)
• Skin Rash Due to a Spray Application of Pesticide Formulations (PDF) (2000)
• Pesticide Illness Due to Room Disinfection with Paraformaldehyde (PDF) (1999)

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Related topics in OHB's Occupational Health Watch newsletter

• Findings from OHB's pesticide illness tracking activities (PDF) –  Fall 2005, pages 2-3
• Health risks of pesticide use onboard airliners (PDF) – Summer 2004, Page 4
• Monitoring pesticide exposure with cholinesterase tests (PDF) –  Summer 2004, Page 11
• San Luis Obispo farm workers safety training (PDF) – Spring 2003, Page 6
• Pesticide drift; farm workers and others poisoned by pesticides (PDF) – Summer 2002, Page 2

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Journal articles

•  Gender differences in pesticide-related farmworker illnesses – journal article abstract (2012)
• Acute illness and injury from swimming pool disinfectants – MMWR Report (2011)
• Acute illnesses associated with insecticides used to control bed bugs – MMWR Report (2011)
• Acute illnesses associated with agricultural pesticide drift (PDF)  (2011)
• Acute illnesses associated with exposure to fipronil – journal article abstract (2010)
• Application of the Industrial Hygiene Hierarchy of Controls to Prioritize and Promote Safer Methods of Pest Control (PDF)  (2009) 
• Acute Pesticide Poisoning Among Agricultural Workers in the United States, 1998–2005 (PDF)  (2008)
• Acute Pesticide Poisoning in the U.S. Retail Industry, 1998–2004 (PDF) (2007)
• Pesticide Illness Among Flight Attendants Due to Aircraft Disinsection (PDF) (2007)
• Worker Illness Related to Ground Application of Pesticide - MMWR Report (2006)
• Acute occupational pesticide-related illness in the US, 1998-1999 – journal article abstract (2004)
• Acute pesticide-related illnesses among working youths, 1988-1999 – journal article abstract (2003)
• Pesticide-related Illness among Migrant Farm Workers in the United State (PDF) (2001)
• Farm Worker Illness following exposure to Carbofuran and Other Pesticides – MMWR Report (1999)

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Conference presentations and posters

• Safer Alternatives for Pest Control in Agriculture – May 2009 conference summary and presentations
• Pesticide Illness Among Farmworkers in the United States and California (PDF) – poster (2002)
• Pyrethroid pesticide illnesses in occupational settings (PDF) – poster (2001)

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