Table 1

Summary of studies reviewed

HEALTH EFFECTNO. OF STUDIES FOUNDNO. OF STUDIES INCLUDED*SUMMARY OF RESULTSMEAN GLOBAL SCORE OF STUDIES INCLUDED*
Dermatologic effects11107/10 studies positive for dermatitis with pesticide exposure4.50
Neurotoxicity604139/41 studies positive for increase in1 or more neurologic abnormalities with pesticide exposure4.99
Reproductive outcomes6459Birth defects: 14/15 studies positive; time to pregnancy: 5/8 studies positive; fertility: 7/14 studies positive; altered growth: 7/10 studies positive; fetal death: 9/11 studies positive; other outcomes: 6/6 studies positive4.83
Genotoxicity151411/14 studies positive for increased chromosome aberrations with pesticide exposure†5.03

  • ↵* Assessors scored each paper on a 7-point scale for methodologic quality from 1—very poor to 7—excellent. Papers scoring <4 were excluded.

  • ↵† Figure 1 aggregates results from all 14 genotoxicity studies.