{"id":222826,"date":"2024-09-09T07:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T11:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=222826"},"modified":"2024-09-09T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T12:28:58","slug":"pesticide-poisoning-cases-on-the-rise-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/09\/09\/pesticide-poisoning-cases-on-the-rise-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pesticide poisoning cases on the rise in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Intoxicacion-plaguicidas-Listin-Diario-1024x793.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222865\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Intoxicacion-plaguicidas-Listin-Diario-1024x793.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Intoxicacion-plaguicidas-Listin-Diario-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Intoxicacion-plaguicidas-Listin-Diario-768x595.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Intoxicacion-plaguicidas-Listin-Diario-1536x1189.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Intoxicacion-plaguicidas-Listin-Diario.png 1550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic&#8217;s Ministry of Public Health has reported a concerning surge in acute pesticide poisoning cases this year, Listin Diario highlights. The Ministry of Public Health has added pesticide poisoning to its epidemiological report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of the latest epidemiological report, 56 cases have been documented across various provinces, including Santiago, La Vega, and San Crist\u00f3bal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent week saw three additional cases reported in Puerto Plata, Santiago, and La Vega, involving individuals aged 5 to 39. Notably, women account for 66.6% of the total cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The epidemiological bulletin for week 34, which covers data up to 24 August 2024, presents the significant increase in pesticide poisoning incidents. Of the 56 accumulated cases, 66% were among individuals aged 30 to 39, and a substantial 29% were reported by the Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral y B\u00e1ez Regional Hospital in Santiago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pesticide poisoning can occur through ingestion, inhalation, or skin contact. Symptoms may include tearing, coughing, heart problems, and a sensation of suffocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/20240909\/56-casos-intoxicacion-plaguicidas_824759.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 September 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic&#8217;s Ministry of Public Health has reported a concerning surge in acute pesticide poisoning cases this year, Listin Diario highlights. The Ministry of Public Health has added pesticide poisoning to its epidemiological report. As of the latest epidemiological report, 56 cases have been documented across various provinces, including Santiago, La Vega, and San &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/09\/09\/pesticide-poisoning-cases-on-the-rise-in-the-dominican-republic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222866,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222826\/revisions\/222866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}