Restrictions on Pesticides and Deliberate Self-Poisoning in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Deliberate self-poisoning using pesticides as a means of suicide is an important public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Three highly toxic pesticides-dimethoate, fenthion, and paraquat-were removed from the market in Sri Lanka between 2008 and 2011. In 2015, less toxic pesticides (chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, carbofuran, and carbaryl) were restricted. Subsequent outcomes have not been well described.

Objective

To explore the association of pesticide bans with pesticide self-poisonings and in-hospital deaths.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study with an interrupted time series design, data were prospectively collected on all patients with deliberate self-poisonings presenting to 10 Sri Lankan hospitals between Marc

SUBMITTER: Noghrehchi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304112 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature