FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-63/24

Title and Subtitle: Central nervous system effect of chronic exposure to organophosphate insecticides

Report Date: October 1963

Authors: Dille JR, Smith PW

Abstract: Two cases are reported in which persistent CNS changes were noted in aerial applicator pilots after chronic exposure to organophosphate insecticides. The synptomatology, the basis for these symptoms and EEG changes and their reversibility are discussed.

Key Words: insecticides, aerial application, toxicology.

No. of Pages: 14