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Occupational Medicine 1980;30:6-11
© 1980 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Paraquat: a Review of Worker Exposure in Normal Usage**

J. KEIR HOWARD0

Divisional Medical Officer, Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Plant Protection Division

The likely worker exposure to paraquat in agricultural practice, using correct procedures, is reviewed with particular reference to the possibilities of oral, dermal and inhalational absorption. The available evidence indicates that at recommended dilution rates systemic effects do not occur. Local effects on skin and mucous membranes may occur as the result of the delayed caustic effects of this herbicide, but experience has shown that paraquat is unlikely to give rise to serious problems when properly used.

0Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Dr J. Keir Howard, Chemical Industries Association, Alembic House, 93 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TU.


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