Method 4022 patients (>=12 years old) were randomized into 4, 14-day double-blind, placebo-controlled SAR trials to receive MP29-02*, AZE, FP or placebo nasal sprays (all given as 1 spray/nostril bid). 612 patients (>=12 years old) were randomized into a 1-year, open-label, active-controlled, parallel-group chronic rhinitis trial to receive MP29-02* (1 spray/nostril bid) or FP nasal spray (2 sp...

Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs) from domestic aerosol sprays are emerging pollutants and have substantial negative effects on human health the environment. This study, for the first time, carried out quantification of NMVOC emissions from off-the-shelf sprays, at “source” in UK. These sprays contain harmful organic compounds as propellants products. The results showed that t...

Correspondence to Dr Guangdi Chen; [email protected] and Dr Hua Zou; [email protected] ABSTRACT Objective: Despite the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation over the past 30 years, agriculture is one of the largest economic sectors in China and the unregulated use of pesticides result in extensive pesticide poisoning. The objective of this study was to analyse pesticide poisoning cases regi...

CONTEXT Pesticides continue to be used on school property, and some schools are at risk of pesticide drift exposure from neighboring farms, which leads to pesticide exposure among students and school employees. However, information on the magnitude of illnesses and risk factors associated with these pesticide exposures is not available. OBJECTIVE To estimate the magnitude of and associated ri...

BACKGROUND Pesticide poisoning is an important health problem among Chinese farm workers, but there is a paucity of pesticide poisoning data from China. Using the WHO standard case definition of a possible acute pesticide poisoning, we investigated the prevalence and risk factors of acute work-related pesticide poisoning among farmers in Southern China. METHODS A stratified sample of 910 pest...

Pesticide applications to agricultural lands in California, USA, are reported to a central data base, while data on water and sediment quality are collected by a number of monitoring programs. Data from both sources are geo-referenced, allowing spatial analysis of relationships between pesticide application rates and the chemical and biological condition of water bodies. This study collected da...

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of pesticide poisoning in South Korea and the relevant epidemiologic characteristics. During the period of 1996–2005, an approximate average of twenty-five hundred fatalities occurred per year due to pesticide poisoning, while age-standardized mortality rates by pesticide poisoning significantly increased from 4.42 to 6.42 per 100,000 popula...