Pesticide exposure Women

Nobody believed me except for one woman who came into the store a lot. She was so, so sensitive, and would have seizures with the burns. She also was so sensitive to pesticides that her skin burned from exposures she got just driving through the valley. Her mom drove her around trying to find a safe place for her, and they had to wrap her in a kind of material that helped to protect her from the pesticide exposures. 

Organic Mercury. Case report studies suggest that dermal exposure to methylmercury or phenylmercury in humans can cause rashes and blisters on the skin (Hunter et al. 1940 Morris 1960). A 33-year-old male worker exposed to methylmercury nitrate dust for 2 years developed bums and blisters on his forearm (Hunter et al. 1940). These effects healed within 9 days. Sensitivity to phenylmercuric salts is shown by individuals who developed itchy, pruritic, papular eruptions or rashes on their skin following acute dermal exposure (Morris 1960). A 54-year-old woman with a family history of atopy was found to display erythema (at 30 minutes postexposure) and urticaria (at 60 minutes) when treated topically with a 0.01% solution of phenylmercuric acetate (Torresani et al. 1993). This positive reaction was associated with aggravation of facial edema and an attack of bronchospasm. The woman, who was a farmer, was believed to have been previously exposed to phenylmercuric acetate during contact with pesticides and herbicides used on farm crops. 

Renal Effects. Renal effects were not reported in a compilation of cases and personal reports of acute human oral, inhalation, or dermal exposure to chlordane (Dadey and Kammer 1953 EPA 1980a), in library workers exposed to high levels resulting from a spill (NIOSH 1984a), or in workers involved in chlordane manufacture (Alvarez and Hyman 1953 Fishbein et al. 1964 Princi and Spurbeck 1951). Derbes et al. (1955) reported pathological changes in the kidneys of a woman who died within minutes after an accidental spill resulted in dermal exposure to chlordane and other pesticides. 

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