Citation

Park J, Kim SC, Jeon Y, Cho YC, Kang C, You Y, Ahn HJ, Ryu S, Lee J, Jeong W. World J. Emerg. Med. 2022; 13(4): 305-308.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, World Journal of Emergency Medicine Press)

DOI

10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2022.061

PMID

35837570

PMCID

PMC9233971

Abstract

Most commercially available herbicides contain surfactants as co-formulants to increase adhesion and absorption by plant leaves. Ethoxylated amines, one of the most used surfactants, are non-ionic and derived from animal fats. They represent a class of surfactants with similar structural features, including polyethoxylated tallow amine (POEA). POEA is widely used in glyphosate, glufosinate-containing herbicides. In 2015, the European Food Safety Society (EFSA) concluded that POEA was more toxic than glyphosate when tested in glyphosate-based formulations.[1] They also attributed the poisoning following ingestion by humans to the presence of POEA.

However, there are few in vivo metabolic studies on post-acute herbicide poisoning in humans. Therefore, we investigated the change in the blood concentration of POEA over time and the clinical presentations in patients with acute herbicide poisoning...

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