ABSTRACT
The U.S. accounts for approximately one-half million tons per year of pesticide consumption in general, of which 91,500 tons are insecticides, making it the largest consumer of these products worldwide.* Consequently, there are a signiÞcant number of nonfatal poisonings from general pesticide use, averaging about 5000 cases annually. These cases primarily result from inadvertent ingestion of insecticide applicators and solutions for home use, as well as dermal and respiratory exposure to industrial insecticides. Insecticides are responsible for production of acute dermal and respiratory inßammation. Chronically, these agents are implicated in the production of dermal neoplasms.
