Minimizing Dermal Exposure to Pesticides in Greenhouses

Details

• Personal Author:
  Fenske RA
• Description:
  A study was conducted to survey major variables influencing exposure during mixing and application of pesticides in greenhouses, to conduct exposure assessment studies under well defined conditions, and to field test the fluorescent tracer methodology for its utility in evaluating dermal exposure. Three types of application procedures dominated the greenhouse activity: handgunning, thermal fogging, and drenching. Thermal fogging had the highest potential for exposure, but this operation was performed by the most experienced of the workers and elaborate protective measures were followed. Drenching procedures were aimed at watering and chemically treating the roots of plants and involved application of a very coarse water stream onto the base of plants under low pressure. Handgunning was aimed at treating plant foliage and involved spraying leaves under low to high pressure. Most exposures to workers occurred during handgunning applications. Better ventilation and applicator training could help lower these exposures. Contact with treated foliage was one manner in which exposure occurred after the pesticides and other chemicals were applied to the plants. Using fluorescent tracer methodology, it was possible to visualize exposure patterns due to the presence or absence of ventilation and obtain dramatic evidence of protective clothing failures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Insecticides Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Grants-other NIOSH-Grant Occupational-exposur Personal-protective-equipment Pest-control Skin-exposure
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-31
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00201848
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-121623
• Citation:
  New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1990 Nov; :1-31
• Contact Point Address:
  Environmental Sciences Rutgers University P O Box 231, Cook College New Brunswick, N J 08903
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  Rutgers the State Univ New Brunswick, New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19870501
• Source Full Name:
  New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
• End Date:
  19900430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5cbdf0a248dc01ec346896e572285c64cae725e24ec827bf24b34bba367f872dd5a8905fddef2aa4b646963aa5617b3719415f6c4f601d6ee2af2a2b4414073
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217807/cdc_217807_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.00 MB ]