A Sampling and Analytical Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Multiple Organonitrogen Pesticides in Air [abstract]

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• Personal Author:
  Kennedy, Eugene R. ; Lin JJ ; Perkins, James B. ; Reynolds JM
• Description:
  Lack of accurate exposure estimates has been a weak link in associations of pesticide exposures with occupational illnesses. To provide more accurate airborne exposure information, an air sampling and analytical method was developed for organonitrogen pesticides using a combined filter and XAD-2 sorbent sampler and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-ultraviolet detection (UV). The method was evaluated for 14 organonitrogen pesticides by NIOSH evaluation guidelines and procedures. Evaluation experiments addressed limits of detection and quantitation, analytical recovery, sampler capacity, sample stability and precision and bias over a range of 12 to 240 g per sample. Samples were stable when stored for up to 30 days under either ambient or refrigerated conditions. Based on the finding of this work, 10 (aldicarb, captan, carbaryl, carbofuran, chlorpropham, diuron, formetanate, methiocarb, oxamyl, propham) of the 14 compounds studied can be successfully determined simultaneously using one method with an accuracy of better than +25% of the true value with 95% confidence. Two other compounds (carbendazim/benomyl, methomyl) can be measured with the same accuracy over a more limited concentration range. The remaining two compounds (propoxur, thiobencarb) may meet this criterion, but additional samples would need to be included in the data analysis. With the current data, these two compounds can be determined with an accuracy of better than + 27% of the true value with 95% confidence, This method will be included in the next edition of the NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods as Method 5601. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Insecticides Nitrogen Compounds Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-samples Air-sampling Airborne-dusts Analytical-methods Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Filters Liquid-chromatography Organo-nitrogen-compounds Pesticides

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• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  52
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041308
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, May 19-23, 1997, Dallas, Texas. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 1997 May; :52
• CAS Registry Number:
  Aldicarb (CAS RN 116-06-3) ; Benomyl (CAS RN 17804-35-2) ; Captan (CAS RN 133-06-2) ; Carbaryl (CAS RN 63-25-2) ; Carbendazim (CAS RN 10605-21-7) ; Carbofuran (CAS RN 1563-66-2) ; Methomyl (CAS RN 16752-77-5) ; Propoxur (CAS RN 114-26-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0187c562199de26415bb3c802f8cb0d2f49bf781a432d0ead087c20c4fd5275bb6da12b65daeb0a76c57bb4c37e540f6e4a0e777a3006c104f63286ef1780419
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193909/cdc_193909_DS1.pdf
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