Pesticide exposure and adverse health effects associated with farmwork in Northern Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess pesticide exposure and understand the resultant health effects of agricultural workers in Northern Thailand.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study. We quantified exposure to pesticides, including chlorpyrifos, methomyl, and metalaxyl, by air sampling and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. We estimated differences in self-reported health outcomes, complete blood counts, cholinesterase activity, and serum/urine calcium and creatinine concentrations at baseline between farmworkers and comparison workers, and after pesticide spraying in farmworkers only.

Results

This study included 97 men between the ages of 22 and 76 years; 70 were conventional farmworkers; and 27 did not report any prior farmwork or pesticide spraying. None of the farmworke

SUBMITTER: Forte CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8112117 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature