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Health Effects of Pesticides on the Nervous System

Health Effects of Pesticides on the Nervous System. Pesticide Health Effects Medical Education Database (PHEMED). Paresthesias Headache Behavioral-mood disturbances Depression/stupor/ coma/respiratory failure Seizures. Muscle twitching Tetany, carpopedal spasms Tremor

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Health Effects of Pesticides on the Nervous System

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  1. Health Effects of Pesticides on the Nervous System Pesticide Health Effects Medical Education Database (PHEMED)

  2. Paresthesias Headache Behavioral-mood disturbances Depression/stupor/coma/respiratory failure Seizures Muscle twitching Tetany, carpopedal spasms Tremor Incoordination/ataxia Paresis, muscle weakness Hypotensive shock Hypertension Pesticide Induced Signs and Symptoms

  3. Pyrethroids- cyno group (I) – facial Organophosphates (I) Organochlorines (I) Phosphides (R) Thiobendazole (Asc) Nicotine (late) Inorganic arsenicals (I) Organic mercury (F) Sodium fluoroacetate (R) Carbon disulfide (Fum) Thallium – painful (R) Paresthesias Facial - Transitory Extremities

  4. OP-Carbamates (I) Nicotine (I) Metallic compounds (F): mercury, cadmium, copper, organotin Thallium (R) Fluoride (I) Borates (I) Naphthalene (moth balls) Phosphine (Fum) Halocarbon fumigants Creosote (wood preservative) Diquat (H) Cholecalciferol (R) Cyanamid (Fum) Headachea common health outcome of pesticide exposure

  5. Organic mercury (F) Inorganic arsenicals (F) Organotin cmpds (F) Thallium (R) Nicotine (I) Sodium fluoroacetate (R) Diquat (H) Cyanide (Fum) Nitrophenols (H) Aminopyridine (bird bait) Methylbromide (Soil fumigant - potatoes) Carbon disulfide (Fum) Behavioral-mood disturbancesconfusion, excitement, mania, disorientation, emotional lability

  6. Depression, Stupor, Coma, Respiratory Failurewithout Convulsions • Organophosphates (OP’s) • Carbamates • Sodium Fluoride (Fum) • Borate • Diquat

  7. Rodenticides Strychnine – (R) Crimidine – (R) Sodium fluoroacetate (R) Cyamide – (R) Thallium – (R) Insecticides Organochlorines (I) Nicotine (I) Fluoride (I) Chlorobenzilate (Asc) Metaldehyde –(slug bait) Fumigants Acrylonitrile (Fum) Carbon disulfide (Fum) Phosphine (Fum) Herbicides Sodium chlorate (H) Endothall (H) Disinfectants Povidone-iodine (D) Hexachlorophene (D) DEET (repellant) Seizures R-Rodenticide I-Insecticide D-Disinfectant Asc-Ascaride Fum-Fumigant H-Herbicide F- Fungicide

  8. OP’s Carbamates Nicotine Sulfuryl fluoride (Fum) Organic mercury Thallium OPs Carbamates Nicotine Metaldehyde (slug bait) Borates (roach and ant control) Involuntary Muscle Movements Fasciculations Tremors

  9. Halocarbon fumigants Ops Carbamates Carbon disulfide Nicotine Thallium Inorganic arsenicals OP’s Carbamates Nicotine Incoordination & Muscle Weakness Ataxia – Incoordination Paralysis/Paresis

  10. Thallium (early) Nicotine (early) OP’s Phosphorus Phosphides Phosphine Sodium fluoride Sodium chlorate Borate Thallium Endothall Cyanamide Neurological Effects on the Circulatory System Hypertension Hypotensive Shock

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