Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume 58, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1079-1086

Organophosphate pesticide urinary metabolites among latino immigrants: North Carolina farmworkers and non-farmworkers compared (Article)

Arcury T.A.* , Laurienti P.J. , Chen H. , Howard T.D. , Barr D.B. , Mora D.C. , Summers P. , Quandt S.A.
  • a Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, United States, Center for Worker Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • b Department of Radiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • c Center for Worker Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, 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
  • d Center for Worker Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, 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, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, United States, Center for Worker Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • g Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, United States, Center for Worker Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
  • h Center for Worker Health, Division of Public Health Sciences, 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

Background: This analysis documents detections and concentrations of the six dialkylphosphate (DAP) urinary metabolite of organophosphorus (OP) pesticides among North Carolina Latino migrant farmworkers, with comparison to non-farmworker Latino immigrants. Methods: Participants provided up to four urine samples during the 2012 and 2013 agricultural seasons. Composite urine samples for each year were analyzed. Results: DAP urinary metabolite detections were similar in farmworkers and non-farmworker; for example, for 2012, 75.4% of farmworkers and 67.4% of nonfarmworkers and, for 2013, 89.3% of farmworkers and 89.7% of nonfarmworkers had dimethylthiophosphate detections. DAP geometric mean concentrations were high; for example, dimethylphosphate concentrations among farmworkers were 11.39mg/g creatinine for 2012 and 4.49μg/g creatinine for 2013, while they were 10.49mg/g creatinine for 2012 and 1.97μg/g creatinine for 2013 for non-farmworkers Conclusions: Research to reduce pesticide exposure among Latino farmworkers and non-farmworkers is needed. Copyright © 2016 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

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immigrant Geometry analysis metabolite agricultural worker human middle aged organophosphate North Carolina Agriculture comparative study urine sampling Aged Farmers Hispanic Americans Humans migrant Hispanic male Emigrants and Immigrants occupational exposure unclassified drug pesticide Pesticides Article adult Organophosphates Urinalysis dialkylphosphate organophosphate pesticide urine creatinine
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DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000875
ISSN: 10762752
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English