1PG Resident 3rd Year, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & Post Graduate Institute, Indore
2Professor & Head Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & Post Graduate Institute, Indore
3Research Associate, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & Post Graduate Institute, Indore
4Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & Post Graduate Institute, Indore
5PG Resident 3rd Year, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Indore
*Email ID: jurimanish@gmail.com.
Online published on 24 July, 2018.
Pesticides were discovered as a savior of crops from pests and insects, but their overuse or misuse lead to killing of self or others. Poisoning from pesticides is a serious health problem in developing countries like India. Statistically, Organophosphorus compounds and Aluminium phosphide are rated at the top. The present study was conducted at Sri Aurobindo Medical College, Indore, from October 2015 to May 2017, with an objective to study the demographic, clinical, investigational profile and post mortem finding of cases with alleged history of Organophosphate poisoning (OPP) and Aluminium Phosphide poisoning (ALP). Of the 120 cases of acute poisoning that came to the Emergency department, 75 cases had history of Organophosphate and Aluminium Phosphide poisoning, against which 50 cases of Organophosphate and 25 cases of Aluminium phosphide were admitted within this period. The number of cases of Organophosphate poisoning were double of the Aluminium phosphide cases but mortality rate of aluminium phosphide was higher than that of organophosphorus. Government should ban or make strict rules for sale of such chemicals.
Pesticides, Organophosphate, Aluminium Phosphide, Mortality Rate
