1. Pesticide Health Effects Medical Education Database (PHEMED) 2010 Helen Murphy – FNP, MHS Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center School of Public Health University of Washington Acute Effects of Pesticides on the Cardio-Vascular System

2. Cardiovascular Cardiac arrhymias Cardiac arrhymias Bradycardia (sometimes asystole) Bradycardia (sometimes asystole) Tachycardia Tachycardia

3. Arrhythmias Sodium fluoroacetate - rodenticide Sodium fluoroacetate - rodenticide Halocardon fumigants Halocardon fumigants Nicotine - insecticide Nicotine - insecticide Sodium fluoride – wood preservative Sodium fluoride – wood preservative Ethylene oxide - fumigant Ethylene oxide - fumigant Thallium (ventricular) - rodenticide Thallium (ventricular) - rodenticide Povidone – iodine Povidone – iodine Veratrum alkaloid (sabadilla) – derived from South American lilies to kill animal ectoderm parasites Veratrum alkaloid (sabadilla) – derived from South American lilies to kill animal ectoderm parasites

4. Bradycardia Cyanide - fumigant Cyanide - fumigant Organophosphates – insecticides Organophosphates – insecticides Carbamate – insecticides Carbamate – insecticides

5. Tachycardia Nitrophenols – herbicide, fungicide Nitrophenols – herbicide, fungicide Pentachlorophenol – herbicide Pentachlorophenol – herbicide Cyanamide – soil fertilizer, fungicide, herbicide Cyanamide – soil fertilizer, fungicide, herbicide