American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 802-813

Repeated pesticide exposure among north carolina migrant and seasonal farmworkers (Article)

Arcury T.A. , Grzywacz J.G. , Talton J.W. , Chen H. , Vallejos Q.M. , Galván L. , Barr D.B. , Quandt S.A.
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, United States, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • b Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, United States, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • c North Carolina Farmworkers Project, Benson, NC, United States
  • d North Carolina Farmworkers Project, Benson, NC, United States
  • e Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, United States, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • f Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
  • g Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • h Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, Center for Worker Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Abstract

Background Limited data document the multiple and repeated pesticide absorption experienced by farmworkers in an agricultural season or their risk factors. Methods Data were collected from 196 farmworkers four times at monthly intervals in 2007. Urine samples were tested for 12 pesticide urinary metabolites. Questionnaire data provided measures of exposure risks. Results Farmworkers had at least one detection for many pesticide urinary metabolites; for example, 84.2% had at least one detection for acephate, 88.8% for 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol. Most farmworkers hadmultiple detections for specific metabolites; for example, 64.8% had two or more detections for acephate, 64.8% for 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol, 79.1% for 3-phenoxybenzoic acid, and 86.7% for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Housing type had a consistent significant association with metabolite detections. Conclusions Farmworkers are exposed to multiple pesticides across an agricultural season, and they experience repeated exposures to the same pesticides. Reducing farmworker pesticide exposure and delineating the health outcomes of this exposure require more detailed data © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Author Keywords

Housing Farmworker Agricultural health Exposure biomonitoring Pesticides health disparities Minority occupational health

Index Keywords

information processing health disparity Health Status Disparities occupational disease human statistics North Carolina Agriculture health status Occupational Diseases United States Young Adult Humans Adolescent male female occupational exposure Multivariate Analysis 3-phenoxybenzoic acid pesticide 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol phosphorothioic acid derivative questionnaire Benzoates 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Pesticides 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2 hydroxy 3,5,6 trichlorpyridine acephate Article benzoic acid derivative Pyridones Organothiophosphorus Compounds pyridone derivative 3 phenoxybenzoic acid Questionnaires adult migration Transients and Migrants urine Data Collection
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DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20856
ISSN: 02713586
Cited by: 50
Original Language: English