Longitudinal, Seasonal, and Occupational Trends of Multiple Pesticides in House Dust.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children are especially vulnerable to pesticide exposure and can suffer lasting health effects. Because children of farmworkers are exposed to a variety of pesticides throughout development, it is important to explore temporal patterns of coexposures.

Objectives

The objectives of this study were to characterize the pesticide co-exposures, determine how they change over time, and assess differences between farmworker and nonfarmworker households.

Methods

Dust collected from 40 farmworker and 35 nonfarmworker households in the Yakima Valley of the State of Washington in 2005 and then again in 2011 was analyzed for 99 pesticides. Eighty-seven pesticides representing over 28 classes were detected. Pesticides were grouped into classes using U.S. EPA pesticide ch

SUBMITTER: Bennett B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6381820 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature