Pesticide Residues in the Food
http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=BM
According
to Eskenazi et al (2009), exposure to DDT and its
breakdown product p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene or DDE may be associated
with adverse health outcomes such as breast cancer, diabetes, decreased semen
quality, spontaneous abortion, and impaired neurodevelopment in children. In addition, prenatal exposure to Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
or DDE may contribute to development of asthma (Sunyer et al, 2005).
As an ICU nurse for more than 20 years, I believe I can categorically identify poisoning in adult population. That said, I do not have ample exposure to pediatric and maternal population.
http://www.whatsonmyfood.org/food.jsp?food=BM
According
to Eskenazi et al (2009), exposure to DDT and its
breakdown product p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene or DDE may be associated
with adverse health outcomes such as breast cancer, diabetes, decreased semen
quality, spontaneous abortion, and impaired neurodevelopment in children. In addition, prenatal exposure to Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
or DDE may contribute to development of asthma (Sunyer et al, 2005).
Reference:
Sunyer
J, Torrent M, Muñoz-Ortiz L, Ribas-Fitó N, Carrizo D, Grimalt J, … Cullinan P.
(2005). Prenatal dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and asthma in children.
Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(12),
Eskenazi B, Chevrier J, Rosas LG, Anderson HA, Bornman MS, Bouwman
H, … Stapleton D. (2009). The Pine River statement: human health consequences
of DDT use. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(9), 1359–1367. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11748
Public Health Concern:
With technological explosion, it has been a
struggle to find reliable information; therefore, as a healthcare professional,
we should be cognizant that patient often use ‘google’ and ‘wikipedia’ to
understand. I am not against the two tech companies; however, patients, in my opinion,
read articles that they want to understand and, most often than not, what they
need to understand. Increasing public awareness thru responsible and reliable information
is still the key.
I will contact the
pesticide company and inquire about the pesticide. In New York, there is the
Child Safe Playing Fields Act banning cosmetic use of pesticides on playground
and sports field at schools and day care. In California, the counterpart is the
Healthy Schools Act which mandates parent notification when pesticides are to
be applied and recommends least-toxic Integrated Pest
Management for schools and daycares.
As an ICU nurse for more than 20 years, I believe I can categorically identify poisoning in adult population. That said, I do not have ample exposure to pediatric and maternal population.
Urine toxicology is always in the panel of
lab test I often seen ordered in ER.
In the news...
After researching, I found out that most food we eat if it is not organic, it contains some degree of pesticide. As a result, i have decided to purchase organic food as much as possible. But, pesticide are almost everywhere we go, so we have to become actively involved in being advocates of policies implementation to reduce pesticide use in public places.
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