Respiratory

Health impacts of pesticide exposure in a cohort of outdoor workers. - Beard, J., et al. 2003. Environmental Health Perspectives 111(5):724-730]

Low level of exposure to pesticides leads to lung dysfunction in occupationally exposed subjects - Finds link between pesticide exposure and diminished lung function; Hernández AF, Casado I, Pena G, Gil F, Villanueva E, Pla A.;  Inhalation Toxicology. 2008 Jul; 20(9):839-49

Occupational exposure to pesticides are associated with fixed airflow obstruction in middle-age - Sheikh M Alif, Shyamali C Dharmage, Geza Benke, Martine Dennekamp, John A Burgess, Jennifer L Perret, Caroline J Lodge, Stephen Morrison, David Peter Johns, Graham G Giles, Lyle C Gurrin, Paul S Thomas, John Llewelyn Hopper, Richard Wood-Baker, Bruce R Thompson, Iain H Feather, Roel Vermeulen, Hans Kromhout, E Haydn Walters, Michael J Abramson, Melanie Claire Matheson

Pesticides and asthma - Hernández, AF., Parrón, T. and Alarcón, R. 2011. Pesticides may increase the risk of developing asthma, exacerbate a previous asthmatic condition or even trigger asthma attacks by increasing bronchial hyper-responsiveness.   Curr Opin Allergy Clin  Immunol.11(2):90-6;