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A Fatal Waterborne Outbreak of Pesticide Poisoning Caused by Damaged Pipelines, Sindhikela, Bolangir, Orissa, India, 2008
Joint Authors
Murhekar, Manoj
Hutin, Yvan J.
Ramachandran, Vidya
Panda, Manjubala
Source
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2009-07-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Medicine
Abstract EN
Introduction.
We investigated a cluster of pesticide poisoning in Orissa.
Methods.
We searched the village for cases of vomiting and sweating on 2 February 2008.
We described the outbreak by time, place, and person.
We compared cases with controls.
Results.
We identified 65 cases (two deaths; attack rate: 12 per 1000; case fatality: 3%).
The epidemic curve suggested a point source outbreak, and cases clustered close to a roadside eatery.
Consumption of water from a specific source (odds ratio [OR]: 35, confidence interval [CI]: 13–93) and eating in the eatery (OR: 2.3, CI: 1.1–4.7) was associated with illness.
On 31 January 2008, villagers had used pesticides to kill street dogs and had discarded leftovers in the drains.
Damaged pipelines located beneath and supplying water may have aspirated the pesticide during the nocturnal negative pressure phase and rinsed it off the next morning in the water supply.
Conclusions.
Innapropriate use of pesticides contaminated the water supply and caused this outbreak.
Education programs and regulations need to be combined to ensure a safer use of pesticides in India.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Panda, Manjubala& Hutin, Yvan J.& Ramachandran, Vidya& Murhekar, Manoj. 2009. A Fatal Waterborne Outbreak of Pesticide Poisoning Caused by Damaged Pipelines, Sindhikela, Bolangir, Orissa, India, 2008. Journal of Toxicology،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491004
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Panda, Manjubala…[et al.]. A Fatal Waterborne Outbreak of Pesticide Poisoning Caused by Damaged Pipelines, Sindhikela, Bolangir, Orissa, India, 2008. Journal of Toxicology No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491004
American Medical Association (AMA)
Panda, Manjubala& Hutin, Yvan J.& Ramachandran, Vidya& Murhekar, Manoj. A Fatal Waterborne Outbreak of Pesticide Poisoning Caused by Damaged Pipelines, Sindhikela, Bolangir, Orissa, India, 2008. Journal of Toxicology. 2009. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491004
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491004