Diazinon Poisoning in Eight Members of Related Households

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Abstract
Diazinon, an insecticide, was responsible for the acute poisoning of 8 children from 2 related families in Hawaii, USA. The historical and analytical evidence showed that the poisoning was the result of the misuse of a 25% diazinon formulation inside the home and that contaminated oatmeal was the chief source of poison intake. The absence of high levels of metabolites in the urine of the poisoning victims indicated that decontamination of the household environment was effective and that exposure to diazinon was diminished. Atropine i.m. was used as an antidote; 3 of the children also received promethazine hydrochloride i.m.