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AMERICAN HEALTHY HOMES SURVEY: A NATIONAL STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL PESTICIDES MEASURED FROM FLOOR WIPES
Citation:
STOUT, D. M., K. D. BRADHAM, R. HIGHSMITH, P. A. JONES, C. W. CROGHAN, W. FREIDMAN, E. PINZER, D. COX, AND G. DEWALT. AMERICAN HEALTHY HOMES SURVEY: A NATIONAL STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL PESTICIDES MEASURED FROM FLOOR WIPES. Presented at American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March 25 - 29, 2007.
Impact/Purpose:
The main goal of this task is to collaborate with HUD/OHHLHC to produce the first national survey assessing potential housing related exposure to analytes of interest to both agencies such as pesticides, mold, and arsenic concentrations found near CCA-treated wood structures. The AHHS will assess potential residential exposures for the general population, including but not limited to children and other susceptible subpopulations, to these key hazards.
Specifically, NERL's Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) will:
o Provide support to HUD for the development of the study design, statistical sampling, sampling and analysis protocols, and quality assurance plan for an observational study of potential exposure concentrations.
o Provide Standard Operating Procedures for the collection and analysis of the environmental samples supporting EPA/ORD/NERL objectives, including indoor wipes for pesticides (~ 500 samples) and house dust and soil samples for arsenic and bioavailable arsenic (select sub-samples).
o Analyze the environmental samples supporting ORD/EPA/NERL objectives and provide HUD/OHHLHC with the pesticides validated data within 12 months following the completion of the field study. Analyze the environmental samples supporting ORD/EPA/NERL objectives and provide HUD/OHHLHC with results for the other environmental samples as generated.
o Assist in the analysis and reporting of the HUD and EPA study data and the publication of an overall study report.
o Co-author with HUD peer reviewed publications summarizing the scientific results.
Description:
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development conducted the American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS) in 2006 to assess environmental concentrations of lead, allergens, mold, pesticides, and arsenic in and around U.S. residences.