Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2019 Jul 19;16(14):2586.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph16142586.

Types of Exposure Pesticide Poisoning in Jiangsu Province, China; The Epidemiologic Trend between 2006 and 2018

Ning Wang  1   2 , Boshen Wang  1   2 , Jinbo Wen  3 , Xiuting Li  4 , Liping Pan  4 , Juan Zhang  1 , Baoli Zhu  5   6
Affiliations

Types of Exposure Pesticide Poisoning in Jiangsu Province, China; The Epidemiologic Trend between 2006 and 2018

Ning Wang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Pesticide poisoning is an important issue in rural China, and is also a major public health problem that affects the health of farmers. The purpose of this paper is to explore the epidemiology of pesticide poisoning in Jiangsu Province, and to put forward the relevant suggestions on the logical and discerning utilization of the pesticides.

Methods: According to the data of the pesticide poisoning report card established by the health hazard detection information system, the cases of pesticide poisoning in Jiangsu Province from 2006 to 2018 were exported to Excel, and the database of pesticide poisoning was established. Furthermore, the imported data was screened and collected. A descriptive statistical analysis had been employed on this data utilizing SPSS 20.0.

Results: Between the years 2006 and 2018, 38,513 pesticide poisoning cases were registered in Jiangsu Province, with a downward trend. Meanwhile, 77.83% of poisoning cases involved insecticide poisoning, followed by herbicide and rodenticide. The greater part of the diverse sorts of studied insecticide poisoning cases involved people aged between 30 and 59 years (57.51%). Poisoning cases caused by rodenticide accounted for a large proportion of people aged between 0 and 14 years (23.72%) in non-occupational pesticide poisoning. Regarding seasons, it was distinguished that more insecticide cases were reported in autumn (46.95% of the total number of cases). Pesticide poisoning was reported in 13 cities of Jiangsu Province, and among these, insecticide poisoning was reported mainly from the northern Jiangsu area, which was the same as rodenticide and herbicide.

Conclusions: Although there is a decreased risk for pesticide poisoning among farmworkers in Jiangsu Province, the number of farmworkers with pesticide poisoning is still high. Further management of the pesticide utilization is necessary, especially insecticide. More attention ought to be paid to the protection of vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly.

Keywords: Epidemiologic trend; Pesticide poisoning; Policy development.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Distribution of cases due to pesticide poisoning by type of pesticide.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Distribution of pesticide poisoning by age.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Distribution of pesticide poisoning by year.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Distribution of pesticide poisoning by quarterly.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Distribution of pesticide poisoning by area.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Huang J., Rozelle S., Pray C., Wang Q. Plant biotechnology in China. Science. 2002;295:674–676. doi: 10.1126/science.1067226. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Cantrell C.L., Dayan F.E., Duke S.O. Natural products as sources for new pesticides. J. Nat. Prod. 2012;75:1231–1242. doi: 10.1021/np300024u. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Ye M., Beach J., Martin J.W., Senthilselvan A. Occupational pesticide exposures and respiratory health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2013;10:6442–6471. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10126442. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Subritzky T., Pettigrew S., Lenton S. Into the void: Regulating pesticide use in Colorado’s commercial cannabis markets. Int. J. Drug Policy. 2017;42:86–96. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.01.014. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Zhang C., Hu R., Huang J., Huang X., Shi G., Li Y., Yin Y., Chen Z. Health effect of agricultural pesticide use in China: Implications for the development of GM crops. Sci. Rep. 2016;6:34918. doi: 10.1038/srep34918. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types