TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Deaths associated with exposure to fumigants in railroad cars--United States JO - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report SP - 489 EP - 491 VL - 43 IS - 27 N2 - Multiple incidents of illness and death following exposure to fumigated agricultural products in railroad cars have been reported by several states along the U.S.-Mexico border. From 1989 through 1993, the Texas Department of Health identified three incidents involving 11 exposed persons, resulting in two deaths. The California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, recorded two deaths in fumigated boxcars in 1989. This report summarizes the two most recent fatal incidents.
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