Abstract Title:

Parkinsonism after chronic occupational exposure to glyphosate.

Abstract Source:

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2011 Jul;17(6):486-7. Epub 2011 Mar 2. PMID: 21367645

Abstract Author(s):

Gang Wang, Xiao-Ning Fan, Yu-Yan Tan, Qi Cheng, Sheng-Di Chen

Article Affiliation:

Department of Neurology&Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.

Abstract:

Here we report a patient with parkinsonism following chronic occupational exposure to glyphosate. A previously healthy 44- year-old woman presented with rigidity, slowness and resting tremor in all four limbs with no impairment of short-term memory, after sustaining long term chemical exposure to glyphosate for 3 years as a worker in a chemical factory. The chemical plant produced a range of herbicides including: glyphosate, gibberellins, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite; however, the patient worked exclusively in the glyphosate production division. She only wore basic protection such as gloves or a face mask for 50 h each week in the plant where glyphosate vapor was generated. She frequently felt weak. Two months before she came to our clinic, she had expe- rienced severe dizziness and blurred vision. After being diagnosed by the local doctor with cervical spondylosis, the patient received treatment with DAN-SHEN (salvia) injections for one week without

Study Type : Human: Case Report
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Problem Substances : Glyphosate : CK(895) : AC(381)
Adverse Pharmacological Actions : Neurotoxic : CK(2424) : AC(562)

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