WWW.FORENSICSCIENCEREVIEW.COM Homicidal Pesticide Poisoning — An Overview R. G. Menezes 1* , T. Rizwan 2 , A. Khan 2 , M. Madadin 1 , M. S. Usman 2 1 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Dammam, Eastern Province Saudi Arabia 2 Dow Medical College Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Sindh Pakistan 1042-7201/33-1/Jan. 2021/67–78/$18.00 • Copyright © 2021 Central Police University Press Forensic Sci Rev 33:67–78 January 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 68 Historical Aspect ....................................................................................................................... 68 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 69 I. PESTICIDES AND ANALYTICAL METHODS ..................................................................... 69 A. Fatal Quantities and Doses ................................................................................................ 69 B. Cases Involving the Use of Different Pesticide Classes .................................................... 71 C. Analytical Methods ........................................................................................................... 72 II. MORBID ANATOMY OF COMMON PESTICIDE POISONING ......................................... 72 A. Organophosphates ............................................................................................................. 72 B. Organochloro Compounds ................................................................................................. 72 C. Paraquat ............................................................................................................................. 75 D. Aluminum Phosphide ........................................................................................................ 75 III. PROFILES OF PERPETRATORS AND VICTIMS ................................................................. 75 A. Perpetrators ........................................................................................................................ 75 B. Victims ............................................................................................................................... 76 C. Regional Distribution ........................................................................................................ 76 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................... 76 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... 77 ABOUT THE AUTHORS ......................................................................................................... 78 * Corresponding author: Prof. Ritesh G. Menezes MD, Depart- ment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Damman, Saudi Arabia; +96 6508160375 (voice); mangalore971@yahoo.co.in; rgmenezes@iau.edu.sa.