Pesticide Use and Practice Among 25 Farms Enrolled in the Iowa Farm Family Pesticide Exposure Study

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• Personal Author:
  Alavanja M ; Curwin B ; Reynolds S ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  Twenty-five farms were enrolled in a recent study investigating pesticide contamination inside the homes. The target pesticides being investigated were atrazine, metolachlor, acetochlor, alachlor, 2, 4-D, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. Personal and environmental exposure samples were collected from each home on two occasions, one shortly after pesticides were applied and the other 2 months later. In addition, a questionnaire was administered to the farmers to determine the pesticides used and the practices involved in pesticide application. Of the 7 target pesticides, atrazine was applied most often. Twenty of the farmers (80%) had applied atrazine to their crops. Glyphosate (64%) and 2, 4-D (56%) were the next most common target pesticides, followed by metolachlor (28%), acetochlor (20%) and chlorpyrifos (12%). Alachlor was not used by any of the farmers. In addition, 25 other active ingredients were used by 20 farmers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Family Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Environmental-exposure Exposure-levels Families Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Sampling Workplace-studies
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022317
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2002 Jun; :2-3
• CAS Registry Number:
  Alachlor (CAS RN 15972-60-8) ; Atrazine (CAS RN 1912-24-9) ; Chlorpyrifos (CAS RN 2921-88-2) ; Glyphosate (CAS RN 1071-83-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:10daee88537181351ab9c4993eff8ea2a3167d839b7a0edd597c1b15684720faece6f350b72602ee31f01c1c70f1bde556bce127d5f9229414b384f9987b9ed9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199130/cdc_199130_DS1.pdf
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