Pesticide poisoning induced fatalities: trends in a semi-urban region in Indian subcontinent Radhakrishna KV1,*, Makhani CS2, Rautji Ravi3, Sarala M.4, Kumar GB Raja5 1Asst. Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AFMC, Pune, MS-411040, India 2Reader, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AFMC, Pune, MS-411040, India 3Professor & HoD, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AFMC, Pune, MS-411040, India 4PG Trainee, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AFMC, Pune, MS-411040, India 5Professor & HoD, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author Email: megha15may@yahoo.com, Tel: 91-9011071510
Online published on 29 April, 2015. Abstract Poisoning unintentional, intentional; suicidal, accidental or homicidal is a perpetual problem with great social impact for any society. India- primarily an agrarian economy where easy availability, lax regulatory control on distribution and sale of pesticides makes them easily accessible. The study conducted at Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, AP during the period Jan 2007 to Dec 2007 retrospectively analyzed the poisoning cases brought for medico-legal postmortem examination. The victims were predominantly males of the age group 21–30 years with intentional self ingestion of pesticides especially Organophosphorus compounds accounted for the highest number of cases. Top Keywords Poisoning, Suicidal Poisoning, Organophosphorus Compounds, Pesticides. Top |