Keywords:
U.S./MEXICO BORDER, HUMAN EXPOSURE, PESTICIDES, ARIZONA, ENVIORNMENTAL JUSTICE, METALS, PESTICIDES, VOCS, PAHS, INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE,
Project Information:
Progress
:Study was initiated in FY97 and field work was completed in FY98. FY99 work included chemical analysis of samples, data entry and data quality control (QC) activities. In FY00, work continued on data entry and data quality asurrance (QA)/QC activities. Work was also initiated for analyzing archived hair samples for mercury and obtaining formatted study databases. In FY01 Work continued on the databases and presentations were made and a journal article was published. Findings thus far show no major differences in the exposures of Border residents compared to those of the Arizona as a whole.
ABSTRACT/ORAL: Date Cleared: 28-APR-00
Nishioka, M.G., Brinkman, M.C., Gordon, S.M., O'Rourke, M.K., Lebowitz, M.D., Rogan, S.R., Moschandreas, D.J., and Robertson, G.L. Comparisons of pesticide levels and exposures in NHEXAS Arizona and Arizona-Mexico border populations. ISEA 2000 Exposure Analysis in the 21st Century: Integrating Science, Policy and Quality of Life, Monterey
Peninsula, CA, October 24-27, 2000.
ABSTRACT/ORAL: Date Cleared: 28-APR-00
O'Rourke, M.K., Lebowitz, M.D., Gordon, S.M., Nishioka, M.G. and Moschandreas, D.J. Demographic Characteristics of the NHEXAS-Arizona Border Study Population. ISEA 2000 Exposure Analysis in the 21st Century: Integrating Science, Policy and Quality of Life, Monterey Peninsula, CA, October 24-27, 2000.
ABSTRACT/ORAL: Date Cleared: 28-APR-00
Gordon, S.M., Brinkman, M.C., Callahan, P.J., Lebowitz, M.D., O'Rourke, M.K., Rogan, S.R., Ashley, D.L., Needham, L.L., Pirkle, J.L., Moschandreas, D.J., Robertson, G.L., Fixed-site Air and Biomarker Measurements of Vocs in a Non-occupationally Exposed Population along the Arizona-Mexico Border. ISEA 2000 Exposure Analysis in the 21st Century: Integrating Science, Policy and Quality of Life, Monterey Peninsula, CA, October 24-27, 2000.
ABSTRACT/ORAL: Date Cleared: 28-APR-00
O'Rourke, M.K., Rogan, S.P., Gordon, S.M., Robertson, G.L., Moschandreas, D.J. and Lebowitz, M.D.,
Lead, Arsenic and Cadmium Concentrations: Comparative results from the Arizona Border Study and NHEXAS Arizona. ISEA 2000 Exposure Analysis in the 21st Century: Integrating Science, Policy and Quality of Life, Monterey Peninsula, CA, October 24-27, 2000.
ABSTRACT/ORAL: Date Cleared: 28-Apr-2000
Chuang, J.C., Brinkman, M.C., Gordon, S.M., Lebowitz, M.D., O'Rourke, M.K., Rogan, S.P., Moschandreas, D.J., Robertson, G.L., Wilson, N.K., Residential Environmental Distributions of PAH in a Non-occupationally Exposed Population along the Arizona-Mexico Border. ISEA 2000 Exposure Analysis in the 21st Century: Integrating Science, Policy and Quality of Life, Monterey Peninsula, CA, October 24-27, 2000.
ABSTRACT/ORAL: Date Cleared: 22-May-2001
Robertson, G.L., Reses, J., Nishioka, M.G., and Lebowitz, M.D. Concentrations of pesticide from dermal surfaces: a comparison of NHEXAS & AZ border samples. Abstract presented at: 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Analysis, Charleston, SC, November 4-8, 2001
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
Moschandreas, D.J., Karuchit, S., Ari, H., Lebowitz, M.D., O,Rourke, M.K., Gordon, S., Robertson, G., On Prediciting Mulit-Route and Multimedia Residential Exposure to Chlorpyrifos and Diazinon, Journal of exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology (2000)11, 56-65
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
Moschandreas, D.J., Ari, H., Karuchit, S., Kim, Y., Lebowitz, M.D., O'Rourke, M.K., Gordon, S., Robertson, G., Exposure to Pesticides by Medium and Route: The 90th Percentile and Related Uncertainties, Journal of Environmental Engineering, (2002) 9, 857-864.
Relevance
: This multimedia, multipathway, multichemical study has found that the Arizona border area residents, in general, do not have higher potential exposures to environmental chemicals than the residents of the remainder of Arizona. This addresses such issues as environmental justice (the area population is largely low income Hispanic), cross-border pollution, and agricultural versus non agricultural areas. Another purpose of the study is to evaluate the questionnaires and sampling methods in the border climate and largely Hispanic population for use in future studies. In addition, this study will provide related environmental concentration and activity pattern data to the exposure community to develop and evaluate mechanistic-based models of inhalation, ingestion, and dermal exposure.
Clients
:Hal Zenick, NHEERL, OPPTS/EPA, Border States
ORD/EPA, OPPTS/EPA, and DCEH/CDC
Project IDs:
ID Code
:3910
Project type
:OMIS