Conclusions
In the assessment of exposure to pesticides, the
importance of individual susceptibility has to be
taken into account. At the same dose level, individual
susceptibility determines whether or not a
clinical intoxication or symptoms appear. For an
occupational or environmental medical assessment
in workers routinely handling pesticides it
is desirable not only to measure the unchanged
pesticides in the blood and their metabolites in
the urine, but e
Vorts should be made to investigate
the individual metabolism—for example, by
directly measuring the relevant enzymes or by
determining the half life of the pesticide.