Impairment of visual and neurologic functions associated with agrochemical use

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 8; p. e0290263
• Main Authors: Jiménez Barbosa, Ingrid Astrid, Rodríguez Alvarez, Martha Fabiola, Bernal Bechara, Laila Cristina, Khuu, Sieu K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 23.08.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acetylcholinesterase; Agricultural chemicals industry; Agricultural production; Agrochemicals; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Care and treatment; Coherence; Color sensitivity; Comparative analysis; Congenital diseases; Diagnosis; Employee performance; Environmental aspects; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Exposure; Farmworkers; Health aspects; Medicine and Health Sciences; Motion detection; Motion perception; Nervous system; Nervous system diseases; Neurotoxicity; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Physical Sciences; Questionnaires; Research and Analysis Methods; Social Sciences; Substance P; Surveys; Thresholds; Vision disorders; Visual acuity; Visual discrimination; Visual perception; Visual tasks; Colombia

To determine whether exposure to occupational levels of agrochemicals is associated with a range of low- (contrast and colour) and higher-level visual functions, particularly the detection of global form and motion coherence. We compared the performance of workers exposed to occupational levels of p...