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Childhood Pesticide Exposures on the Texas–Mexico Border: Clinical Manifestations and Poison Center Use

Martin Belson, MD, Stephanie Kieszak, MA, MPH, William Watson, PharmD, Kim M. Blindauer, DVM, MPH, Kathy Phan, MPH, Lorrie Backer, PhD, MPH and Carol Rubin, DVM, MPH

Martin Belson, Stephanie Kieszak, Kim M. Blindauer, Kathy Phan, Lorrie Backer, and Carol Rubin are with the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. William Watson is with the American Association of Poison Control Centers, Washington, DC.




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  		FIGURE 1—— The 47 South Texas counties shaded gray from which pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years (n = 2520) were reported to the South Texas Poison Center, 1997–2000.

Note. The 4 counties with the highest numbers of pesticide exposures reported to the South Texas Poison Center are indicated with patterns. The poison center is located in Bexar County.

 


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  		FIGURE 2—— Data on the 1311 insecticide pesticide exposures reported to the South Texas Poison Center among 2520 children younger than 6 years in Texas border and nonborder counties, in comparison with US average, 1997–2000.

Note. The denominator for all percentages was derived from the total number of insecticide exposures reported to the South Texas Poison Center from border (n = 248) and nonborder (n = 1063) counties and from the national average (n = 108 431), obtained from the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System for 1997–2000.9–12

aExamples of other insecticides include rotenone, metaldehyde, piperonyl butoxide without pyrethrins, and arsenic-containing insecticides.

*Statistically significant difference (P < .001) between border and nonborder counties.

 




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