Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
Volume 73, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 219-227

Farmworker and nonfarmworker Latino immigrant men in North Carolina have high levels of specific pesticide urinary metabolites (Article)

Arcury T.A.* , Chen H. , Laurienti P.J. , Howard T.D. , Barr D.B. , Mora D.C. , Quandt S.A.
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • b Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • c Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • d Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • e Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
  • f Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • g Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Abstract

This article compares detections and concentrations of specific organophosphate (OP), bis-dithiocarbamate, and pyrethroid pesticide urinary metabolites among Latino male farmworkers and nonfarmworkers in North Carolina. Data are from interviews and urine samples collected in 2012 and 2013. Farmworkers and nonfarmworkers frequently had detections for OP and pyrethroid pesticide urinary metabolites. Detection of bis-dithiocarbamate urinary metabolites was less frequent, but substantial among the nonfarmworkers. The concentrations of organophosphate, bis-dithiocarbamate, and pyrethroid pesticide urinary metabolites were high for farmworkers and nonfarmworkers compared to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey results. Pesticide urinary metabolite detection was not associated with occupation in nonfarmworkers. Research for reducing pesticide exposure among farmworkers remains important; research is also needed to determine pesticide exposure pathways among Latino nonfarmworkers. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

minority health Immigrant health occupational health Environmental health Pesticide exposure Immigrant workers Health disparity

Index Keywords

immigrant lowest income group agricultural worker follow up human community middle aged organophosphate North Carolina statistics and numerical data priority journal urine sampling comparative study Aged Farmers Hispanic Americans laboratory test liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry Humans migrant malathion Hispanic insecticide male Emigrants and Immigrants unclassified drug environmental exposure pesticide quality control social welfare Article nutrition adult Nutrition Surveys pyrethroid Organophosphates Insecticides fungicide Fungicides, Industrial propylene participatory research 2 imidazolidinethione Pyrethrins thiocarbamic acid derivative high performance liquid chromatography bisdithiocarbamate Thiocarbamates landscaping pest control organophosphate pesticide urine health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85022174297&doi=10.1080%2f19338244.2017.1342588&partnerID=40&md5=f20908c463e5b34b82dbc5d586ed09c5
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2017.1342588
ISSN: 19338244
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English