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Organochlorine insecticides, acute
Occupational Disease Organochlorine insecticides, acute
Organochlorine insecticides, acute Category Acute Poison
Organochlorine insecticides, acute Severity
Acute-Severe
Organochlorine insecticides, acute Synonyms
PCP poisoning
Information on Organochlorine insecticides, acute Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
The organochlorines include DDT, methoxychlor, lindane, and the cyclodienes (endrin, aldrin, chlordane, heptachlor, dieldrin, and toxaphene). In poisonings by DDT and analogues (DDE & DDD), seizures are preceded by paresthesia and tremor while cyclodienes and toxaphene poisonings may present with seizure as the first symptom. Seizures after cyclodiene poisoning may appear as long as 48 hours after exposure. Lindane, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, chlordane, heptachlor, and endosulfan are efficiently absorbed across skin, while DDT, methoxychlor, toxaphene, mirex, and kepone are absorbed less well. [EPA Pesticides, p. 57] Cases of infants dying after skin exposure to large amounts of 1% lindane lotion have been reported. [Sullivan, p. 1066]
Organochlorine insecticides, acute Latency
None
Organochlorine insecticides, acute References
http://ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/rmpp.htm