Migrant Farmworkers’ Exposure to Pesticides in Sonora, Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Beamer P ; de Zapien J ; López-Gálvez N ; Rosales C ; Wagoner R
• Description:
  Expanding agribusiness in Sonora, a state in Northern Mexico, has increased the demand for temporary migrant agricultural workers. Sonora is one of the top states in Mexico for pesticide utilization. We conducted an exploratory study to evaluate exposure to organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid pesticides among migrant farmworkers. A sample of 20 migrant farmworkers was recruited from a large commercial grape farm during the harvest season. We administered a questionnaire on work activities, exposure characteristics, and socio-demographics. We collected urine samples to quantify pesticide metabolite concentrations. Most participants were originally from the state of Chiapas, Mexico, none had completed high school, and about half spoke an indigenous language as well as Spanish. The majority of participants had detectable concentrations of pyrethroid and organophosphate biomarkers. Geometric mean creatinine-adjusted concentrations for 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (1.83 ug/g), trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid (0.88 ug/g), 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid (0.94 ug/g), 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (3.56 ug/g), and para-nitrophenol (0.63 ug/g) were significantly higher than in the general United States' population and Mexican Americans. Our results also suggest that migrant farmworkers in this region are exposed to pesticides at higher levels than other farmworkers' studies. Farmworkers' age, language, training on personal protective equipment, time at the farm, and season, were significant exposure determinants. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Biomarkers Emigration And Immigration Farmers Insecticides Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Author Keywords: Farmworkers Exposure Assessment Farm Workers Migrant Workers Occupational Health Organophosphates Pesticide Biomarkers Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Pyrethroids Questionnaires Urine Metabolites

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• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053883
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018 Dec; 15(12):2651
• Contact Point Address:
  Nicolás López-Gálvez, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave. PO 245210, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
• Email:
  lopezgalvez@email.arizona.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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