Quantitative measures of recent and lifetime agricultural pesticide use are associated with increased pesticide concentrations in house dust.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Elevated pesticide concentrations have been found in dust from homes with residents who use agricultural pesticides, but few studies have compared these concentrations to quantitative measures of their use. We evaluated household pesticide dust concentrations in relation to quantitative, active ingredient-specific metrics of agricultural pesticide use in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture Study.

Methods

Participants provided vacuum dust samples (2013-2018) and information regarding recent (last 12 months) and lifetime pesticide use. Thirty-two pesticide analytes were measured in 295 dust samples from 213 participants; 54 had repeated measurements (median = 96 days between visits). We used mixed-effects quantile regression models to estimate relati

SUBMITTER: Xie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620478 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature