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Acute polyneuropathy after malathion poisoning.

A Monje Argiles1, D Lison, R Lauwerys

  • 1Department of Neurology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Acta Neurologica Belgica
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
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Malathion pesticide intoxication caused severe health issues including a unique nerve damage. A new malathion byproduct, isopropylmalathion, was found in the pesticide residue linked to this nerve damage.

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  • Environmental Health

Background:

  • Organophosphate pesticides like malathion are widely used.
  • Malathion exposure can cause cholinergic crisis and neurological damage.