Poisonings After a Hurricane: Lessons From the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES) During and Following Hurricane Sandy
| Autor: | Bruce Ruck, Pauline A. Thomas, Elizabeth G. Marshall, Susan B. German, Amy L. Davidow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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021110 strategic defence & security studies New Jersey Cyclonic Storms GASOLINE EXPOSURE Water contamination 0211 other engineering and technologies Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Public health education Economic shortage 02 engineering and technology Poisons 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Geography Sand Environmental health Humans Female Narrative review 030212 general & internal medicine Co exposure Gasoline Landfall |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 16:5-7 |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/dmp.2020.201 |
| Popis: | Objective:Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012, resulting in widespread power outages and gasoline shortages. These events led to potentially toxic exposures and the need for information related to poisons/toxins in the environment. This report characterizes the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES) call patterns in the days immediately preceding, during, and after Hurricane Sandy to identify areas in need of public health education and prevention.Methods:We examined NJPIES case data from October through December 2012. Most Sandy-related calls had been coded as such by NJPIES staff. Additional Sandy-related cases were identified by performing a case narrative review. Descriptive analyses were performed for timing, case frequencies, exposure substances, gender, caller site, type of information requests, and other data.Results:The most frequent Sandy-related exposures were gasoline and carbon monoxide (CO). Gasoline exposure cases were predominantly males and CO exposure cases, females (P < 0.0001). Other leading reasons for Sandy-related calls were poison information, food poisoning/spoilage information, and water contamination.Conclusions:This analysis identified the need for enhanced public health education and intervention to improve the handling of gasoline and encourage the proper use of gasoline-powered generators and cleaning and cooking equipment, thus reducing toxic exposures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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