The NIOSH Retrospective Pesticide Reference Database

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• Personal Author:
  Butler MA ; Carreón T ; Ruder, Avima M. ; Sanderson, Wayne T. ; Waters MA ; Zivkovich ZE
• Description:
  For the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) case-control study of glioma among non-metropolitan residents, pesticide information was considered critical. Responses to open-ended questions about pesticide exposures had to be grouped for analysis. Our aim was to classify pesticide responses in biologically relevant categories. We built the NIOSH Retrospective Pesticide Reference Database (NIOSH-RPRD) on over 1000 pesticide products and chemicals, particularly those likely to be used in the upper Midwest, using multiple sources. We obtained first and last years of product registration and product pesticide ingredients and their relative weights from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Pesticide Product Information System. We added fields for pesticide class (organophosphate, etc.), carcinogenicity ratings, and evidence regarding endocrine-disrupting activity. Participant data were merged with the database, allowing each product recalled by a respondent to be linked to one or more chemicals, as appropriate. Respondents named 1,347 different pesticides (or pesticide-targeted species) used on the farm, at non-farm jobs, or at home. Database usefulness was assessed by comparing numbers of responses naming actual chemicals to total responses linked to those chemicals. Sixty percent of farm pesticide, 59% of non-farm occupational, and 65% of house and garden responses named products, not chemicals. Among farm pesticide users, 182 (46%) reported using a total of 440 pesticides 1 to 40 years (mean 8.5 years) before those pesticides actually were marketed. The NIOSH-RPRD, now available to other investigators, has been a useful tool for us and other researchers to evaluate, group, and correct pesticide responses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Organophosphates Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Agrochemicals Author Keywords: Agricultural Workers Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Organo-phosphorus-pesticides Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Pesticides Classification Research Design Risk Assessment

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• ISSN:
  1074-7583
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  143-156
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035246
• Citation:
  J Agric Saf Health 2009 Apr; 15(2):143-156
• Contact Point Address:
  Avima M. Ruder, NIOSH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-16, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  amr2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing ; Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:42790f90e9bb99d530bb6f7e8a81be0958291cbc2af4feb3696903c24c22363306be6d068e2274aff83ba541b7fe266dff7e89b28572d716e5bbf7d87764cc44
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187161/cdc_187161_DS1.pdf
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