Organophosphate pesticide exposure in farmworker family members in Western North Carolina and Virginia: Case comparisons
Organophosphate pesticide exposure in farmworker family members in Western North Carolina and Virginia: Case comparisons
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DOI：
10.17730/humo.64.1.t8t156m6mf3w5bp3
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
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0.8
通讯作者：
Davis, SW
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作者：
Arcury, TA;Quandt, SA;Davis, SW
农场工人及其家庭成员在家中和工作中接触农药。使用样本的9个农场工人家庭在西部北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州，本分析描述了有机磷（OP）农药尿代谢物水平的成人和儿童在这些家庭，并比较这些农场工人家庭OP代谢物水平的国家参考数据。从调查和深入访谈的数据进行分析，以找到相关的OP代谢物水平的居住，家庭和工作特点。所有参与者都有可测量的OP代谢物。与国家参考数据相比，每个家庭的OP代谢物水平都很高。家庭中有一些共同的因素可能导致家庭OP暴露高，包括农业就业和居住在农田附近。与OP暴露的家庭变异性相关的因素包括非核心家庭结构，因此，有更多的成年男性从事农活，居住在出租房屋中，没有真空吸尘器，居住在难以清洁的住宅中，以及收集尿样的季节（春季与夏季）。这些结果表明，改善低收入住房，提高工业卫生标准，并提供农业工人的农药暴露信息的监管变化是必要的，以保护农业工人和他们的家人。
Farmworkers and their family members are exposed to pesticides in their homes as well as at work. Using a sample of nine farmworker households in western North Carolina and Virginia, this analysis describes the organophosphate (OP) pesticide urinary metabolite levels of adults and children in these households, and compares these farmworker household OP metabolite levels to the national reference data. Data from survey and in-depth interviews are analyzed to find dwelling, household, and work characteristics related to OP metabolite levels. All participants had measurable OP metabolites. Every household had a high level of OP metabolites when compared to national reference data. There were common factors among the households that could cause the high household OP exposure, including farm employment and living adjacent to agricultural fields. Factors associated with household variability in OP exposure included having a non-nuclear family structure, and, therefore, having more adult males who were employed doing farm work, living in rental housing, not owning a vacuum cleaner, residing in a dwelling that is difficult to clean, and the season (spring versus summer) in which urine samples were collected. These results indicate that regulatory changes that improve low income housing, improve industrial hygiene standards, and provide farmworkers information about their pesticide exposure are needed to protect farmworkers and their families.