Pesticide Exposure of Children in an Agricultural Community: Evidence of Household Proximity to Farmland and Take Home Exposure Pathways

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• Personal Author:
  Fenske RA ; Kalman D ; Lu C ; Simcox JN
• Description:
  Children's exposure to organophosphorus (OP) pesticides in an agricultural community in central Washington State was determined. Spot urine and hand wipe samples were collected from 109 children 9 months to 6 years of age, as were house dust samples, and wipe samples from various surfaces. Children were categorized based on parental occupation (agricultural vs nonagricultural) and on household proximity to pesticide-treated orchards. Median house dust concentrations of dimethyl OP pesticides in homes of agricultural families were seven times higher than those of reference families (1.92 vs 0.27 µg/g; P<0.001). Median pesticide metabolite concentrations in agricultural children were five times higher than those in reference children (0.05 vs 0.01 µg/ml; P=0.09). Median pesticide concentrations in housedust (P=0.01) and metabolite concentrations in urine (P=0.01) from agricultural families were significantly higher in the children living near treated orchards (within 200 ft or 60 m) than those living more distant. Ten of 61 agricultural children had detectable OP pesticide levles on their hands, whereas none of the reference children had detectable levels. These findings indicate that children living with parents who work with agricultural pesticides, or who live in proximity to pesticide-treated farmland, have higher exposures than do other children living in the same community [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Chemistry Dust Energy Metabolism Environmental Monitoring Family Farmers Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Organophosphates Safety Urine

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Chemical-properties Chemical-synthesis Children Dust-analysis Dust-exposure Dust-measurement Dust-particles Dust-sampling Dust-velocity Dusts Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Families Metabolites Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Organo-phosphorus-compounds Organo-phosphorus-pesticides Pesticide-residues Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Samplers Urinalysis Urine-chemistry

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• ISSN:
  0013-9351
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  290-302
• Volume:
  84
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032145
• Citation:
  Environ Res 2000 Nov; 84(3):290-302
• Contact Point Address:
  Chensheng Lu, Department of Environmental Health, 357234, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195-7234
• Email:
  calu@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• NORA Priority Area:
  Neurotoxic Disorders ; Neurotoxic Effects
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Research
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d66f3fa880cb894e0b52d69703a7d0882c2acde1b93fb27bd62955a05ec3117a2ddb7782935c4f977b35a91b5b7487af7daa65bb0bd4da76a76b94247bd8b8ac
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186192/cdc_186192_DS1.pdf
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