Residential proximity to agricultural herbicide and fungicide applications and dust levels in homes of California children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies of the relationship between residential proximity to agricultural pesticide applications and pesticide levels in the home have incorporated crop location or wind direction. We evaluated the relationship between agricultural pesticide applications using the California Pesticide Use Reporting (CPUR) database and pesticide concentrations in carpet dust accounting for land use and wind direction.

Methods

We measured concentrations (ng/g) of seven herbicides and two fungicides in carpet dust samples from 578 California homes (2001-2007). We created three metrics by computing the density (kg/km²) of use of each pesticide reported in CPUR within 0.5-, 1-, 2-, and 4-km buffers around homes 180- and 365-days before sampling (CPUR metric). We apportio

SUBMITTER: Madrigal JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610235 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature