Case Studies of Organophosphate Pesticide Poisoning due to Occupational and Environmental Exposure: An Indian Perspective

Over the past decades, pesticide poisoning has drawn serious attention from the public, as it accounts for a significant number of deaths occurring each year. Organophosphate pesticides leading to the current trend and these are less frequently investigated. This review focusing on highly hazardous and widely used organophosphate pesticides in India such as phorate, monocrotophos, methylparathion, dichlorvos and triazophos. The extent of contamination has been found by the mortality rate of occupational poisoning, self-poisoning and food poisoning. This is the first case report of the above five highly hazardous organophosphate pesticide poisoning pertaining to India. This review emphasized the organophosphate pesticide exposure and appropriate poisoning cases in several part of India