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Sampling and Analysis for Non-Occupational Pesticide Exposure Assessments
Citation:
FORTMANN, R. C., N. S. TULVE, AND M. CLIFTON. Sampling and Analysis for Non-Occupational Pesticide Exposure Assessments. Third, Chapter 43, Robert Krieger (ed.), Hayes' Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, Uk, 1:977-994, (2010).
Impact/Purpose:
The National Exposure Research Laboratory′s (NERL) Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) conducts research in support of EPA′s mission to protect human health and the environment. HEASD′s research program supports Goal 1 (Clean Air) and Goal 4 (Healthy People) of EPA′s strategic plan. More specifically, our division conducts research to characterize the movement of pollutants from the source to contact with humans. Our multidisciplinary research program produces Methods, Measurements, and Models to identify relationships between and characterize processes that link source emissions, environmental concentrations, human exposures, and target-tissue dose. The impact of these tools is improved regulatory programs and policies for EPA.
Description:
Pesticides are used extensively in the United States to control a variety of pests. Commercial agriculture and non-agricultural industries account for about 80% of the total pesticide use in the United States, while the remaining 20% is used for pest control associated with home, garden, yard, and pets. Pesticides frequently occur in the indoor environments that we occupy as a result of indoor applications, spray drift. and infiltration, and track-in from outdoor applications. To fully assess human exposures to pesticides, it is necessary to understand the aggregate exposures in all of the microenvironments that people occupy.