A Laboratory Comparison of Two Media for Use in the Assessment of Dermal Exposure to Pesticides

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• Personal Author:
  Lorberau, Charles D. ; Pride JL
• Description:
  In a laboratory study, gauze pads and Empore1 filters were compared for their ability to assess the dermal exposure of two insecticides (chlorpyrifos and diazinon) and five herbicides (atrazine, alachlor, metolachlor, cyanazine, and 2,4-D ethylhexyl ester). The analytes, when analyzed by gas chromatography with flame ionization detection, were found to have a linear dynamic range to at least 250 micro g/mL. While a number of different solvents were examined for the desorption of the analytes, methanol was found to be the best solvent for the recovery of all the analytes from 16-ply gauze pads, while 20 percent ethyl acetate in hexane was the preferred solvent for the styrene divinylbenzeneimpregnated Empore filters. Limits of detection (LODs) for the analytes were comparable for both media. For Empore filters, the LODs were 50 micro g/sample for atrazine, alachlor, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and 2,4-D ethylhexy ester, with 30 miocro g/ sample for metolachlor, and 80 micro g/sample for cyanazine. For gauze pads, the LODs were 40 micro g/sample for metolachlor, 50 micro g/sample for alachlor, diazinon, and 2,4-D ethylhexy ester, 60 micro g/sample for atrazine and chlorpyrifos, and 80 micro g/sample for cyanazine. Both gauze pads and Empore filters gave quantitative recovery for all analytes except chlorpyrifos and 2,4-D ethylhexyl ester under ambient conditions (18oC, 70% relative humidity) for up to 30 days; these analytes required refrigeration for that period to reach over 90 percent recovery. To assess the effect of environmental conditions on the recovery of the analytes, samples of each media were spiked at about 125 micro g per analyte/sample (except cyanazine which was spiked at 190 micro g) and challenged for 8 hr under high (80%) and low (20%) humidity and high (40 degrees C) and low (5 degrees C) temperature conditions in an environmental chamber. While the Empore samples gave quantitative recovery after being challenged, recovery from the gauze pads was affected by environmental conditions, especially high temperature. Recovery from gauze pads was below 30 percent for some analytes under high temperature/high humidity conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry, Analytic Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Analytical Chemistry Analytical Methods Analytical Processes Author Keywords: Dermal Sampling Empore Pesticides Sampling Sampling Equipment Sampling Methods Skin Exposure
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020736
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2000 Dec; 15(12):946-950
• CAS Registry Number:
  (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (CAS RN 94-75-7) ; Alachlor (CAS RN 15972-60-8) ; Atrazine (CAS RN 1912-24-9) ; Chlorpyrifos (CAS RN 2921-88-2) ; Cyanazine (CAS RN 21725-46-2) ; Diazinon (CAS RN 333-41-5) ; Metolachlor (CAS RN 51218-45-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4df37953df654c64574b81bd70c188ead40eb65b030bb04fd5967230d64b534b0226089de352448c4c6b8eae76d978695ff6710acd6a581eeb438b3e87bbb0c3
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198408/cdc_198408_DS1.pdf
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