A lethal cocktail - shining a light on the relationship between alcohol use and pesticide self-poisoning
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A lethal cocktail - shining a light on the relationship between alcohol use and pesticide self-poisoning. / Schölin, Lisa; Sørensen, Jane Brandt; Eddleston, Michael.
In: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol. 61, No. 8, 2023, p. 581-583.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A lethal cocktail - shining a light on the relationship between alcohol use and pesticide self-poisoning
AU - Schölin, Lisa
AU - Sørensen, Jane Brandt
AU - Eddleston, Michael
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Alcohol and pesticides are toxic substances that each cause acute and chronic harm to humans. Alcohol plays an important and complex role in pesticide self-poisoning, involving toxicological, public health, and social aspects important for research, prevention, and interventions.ALCOHOL USE DISORDER AND SOCIAL HARMS: While the evidence on alcohol co-ingestion in the context of pesticide self-poisoning is limited, it appears that alcohol use increases complications. Even fewer studies address alcohol use disorder and dependence among pesticide self-poisoning patients. The harmful use of alcohol also impacts social life, families, and communities in several ways, including pesticide self-poisoning among individuals around the alcohol user. This, however, is vastly understudied.OUTSIDE INFLUENCES: Agrochemicals and alcohol are produced by industries with financial interests, and the outcome of individual acts of pesticide self-poisoning depends on the lethality of the pesticide purchased and ingested. The promotion of acutely toxic pesticides by companies must be acknowledged within this issue.CONCLUSION: The relationship between alcohol and pesticide self-poisoning is increasingly clear, but more studies are needed to guide management. We cannot ignore that pesticide self-poisoning and harmful use of alcohol occur within the context of wider, often structural, stressors and are influenced by commercial entities.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Alcohol and pesticides are toxic substances that each cause acute and chronic harm to humans. Alcohol plays an important and complex role in pesticide self-poisoning, involving toxicological, public health, and social aspects important for research, prevention, and interventions.ALCOHOL USE DISORDER AND SOCIAL HARMS: While the evidence on alcohol co-ingestion in the context of pesticide self-poisoning is limited, it appears that alcohol use increases complications. Even fewer studies address alcohol use disorder and dependence among pesticide self-poisoning patients. The harmful use of alcohol also impacts social life, families, and communities in several ways, including pesticide self-poisoning among individuals around the alcohol user. This, however, is vastly understudied.OUTSIDE INFLUENCES: Agrochemicals and alcohol are produced by industries with financial interests, and the outcome of individual acts of pesticide self-poisoning depends on the lethality of the pesticide purchased and ingested. The promotion of acutely toxic pesticides by companies must be acknowledged within this issue.CONCLUSION: The relationship between alcohol and pesticide self-poisoning is increasingly clear, but more studies are needed to guide management. We cannot ignore that pesticide self-poisoning and harmful use of alcohol occur within the context of wider, often structural, stressors and are influenced by commercial entities.
U2 - 10.1080/15563650.2023.2259599
DO - 10.1080/15563650.2023.2259599
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37815248
VL - 61
SP - 581
EP - 583
JO - Clinical Toxicology
JF - Clinical Toxicology
SN - 1556-3650
IS - 8
ER -
ID: 369354266