Pesticides in house dust from urban and farmworker households in California: an observational measurement study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies report that residential use of pesticides in low-income homes is common because of poor housing conditions and pest infestations; however, exposure data on contemporary-use pesticides in low-income households is limited. We conducted a study in low-income homes from urban and agricultural communities to: characterize and compare house dust levels of agricultural and residential-use pesticides; evaluate the correlation of pesticide concentrations in samples collected several days apart; examine whether concentrations of pesticides phased-out for residential uses, but still used in agriculture (i.e., chlorpyrifos and diazinon) have declined in homes in the agricultural community; and estimate resident children's pesticide exposures via inadvertent dust ingestion.

SUBMITTER: Quiros-Alcala L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3071308 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature