Blondell Jerome M
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield, Virginia, USA.
Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2007 Jun-Aug;45(5):589-92. doi: 10.1080/15563650701397035.
Trends in rates of unintentional pesticide illnesses and injuries by type were estimated for the United States from 1995 to 2004.
Poison Control Center data were examined for the years 1995 through 2004. Rates were calculated for pesticide type and selected pesticide classes based on estimated total United States population and proportion of population served. Pesticides as a proportion of poisonings to all substances over the years and vital statistics on deaths were examined to validate trends.
Incidence rates of serious pesticide poisonings and injuries have declined 42% from 1995 to 2004 and death rates declined 62% over the same period. Selected, more toxic pesticides such as organophosphate and carbamate insecticides, strychnine rodenticides, and paraquat herbicides have shown greater declines, ranging 63% to 79%.
Pesticide poisonings and injuries appear to have declined in the past decade.
对1995年至2004年美国非故意性农药疾病和伤害的发生率按类型进行了估计。
研究了1995年至2004年期间毒物控制中心的数据。根据美国估计总人口和所服务人口比例,计算了农药类型和选定农药类别的发生率。研究了多年来农药中毒占所有物质中毒的比例以及死亡的生命统计数据,以验证趋势。
1995年至2004年期间,严重农药中毒和伤害的发生率下降了42%,同期死亡率下降了62%。选定的毒性更强的农药,如有机磷和氨基甲酸酯类杀虫剂、士的宁灭鼠剂和百草枯除草剂,下降幅度更大,在63%至79%之间。
在过去十年中,农药中毒和伤害似乎有所下降。