Pesticide exposure among Latinx children: Comparison of children in rural, farmworker and urban, non-farmworker communities.

ABSTRACT: Personal pesticide exposure is not well characterized among children in vulnerable, immigrant communities. We used silicone wristbands in 2018-2019 to assess pesticide exposure in 8 year old Latinx boys and girls in rural, farmworker families (n = 73) and urban, non-farmworker families (n = 60) living in North Carolina who were enrolled in the PACE5 Study, a community-based participatory research study. We determined the detection and concentrations (ng/g) of 75 pesticides and pesticide degradation products in the silicone wristbands worn for one week using gas chromatography electron capture detection and employed gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Differences by personal and family characteristics were tested using analysis of variance or Wilcoxon Rank Sum tests when necessary. Pestic

SUBMITTER: Arcury TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature