AUTHOR=Zhou Zhiqiang , Guo Lanlan , Wen Zixin , Dai Ping , Zhang Tongyue , Wang Wenjun , Jian Xiangdong TITLE=Case report: Death caused by 1, 3-dichloropropene, a novel fumigant used in China JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=11 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1088296 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1088296 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

As an efficient and broad-spectrum soil fumigant, 1, 3-dichloropropene is widely used in the control of nematodes, soil pests, and plant pathogens. However, as a volatile chlorine-containing organic compound, 1, 3-dichloropropene is harmful to human health, although no deaths caused by inhalation of 1, 3-dichloropropene have been reported. This article describes the case of a 50-year-old man who died of acute renal failure and brain edema after inhaling 1, 3-dichloropropene at work. This case demonstrates that 1, 3-dichloropropene can be absorbed through the respiratory tract and that exposure to 1, 3-dichloropropene in a confined environment without any protective measures can cause death in humans.