Article: Acute health effects of community exposure to cotton defoliants.

Acute Health Effects of Community Exposure to Cotton Defoliants

ABSTRACT. In September and October of 1987, the California Department of Health

Services responded to community complaints by investigating the relationship between health

symptoms and community exposure to cotton defoliants. Symptoms experienced during

the 1987 cotton defoliation season by 232 residents of cotton-growing communities were

compared with symptoms of 175 residents of non-cotton-growing agricultural

communities. Fatigue, eye irritation, rhinitis, throat irritation, nausea, and diarrhea were

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