Occupational pesticide use and self-reported olfactory impairment in US farmers.
Srishti ShresthaDavid M UmbachLaura E Beane-FreemanStella KoutrosMichael C R AlavanjaAaron BlairHonglei ChenDale P SandlerPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2020)
Overall, we found relatively broad associations between pesticides and olfactory impairment, involving many individual pesticides and covering several chemical classes, suggesting that pesticides could affect olfaction through multiple pathways. Future epidemiological studies with objective measurement of olfaction are required to confirm these findings.