One case of drowning after cyfluthrin ingestion

Abstract

This work reports a case, involving a 47-year-old Portuguese male found dead in a river. Near the victim clothes the authorities found two bottles containing a toxic product identified as cyfluthrin. Cyfluthrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide that exerts its poison action through contact or ingestion. Toxicological analyses were performed in blood, gastric content and in the bottles. Samples preparation was achieved using solid phase extraction and the extracts obtained were analysed by GC/MS . Cyfluthrin was found in the gastric content and in the extract obtained after washing the bottles with a solvent