Assessment of lawn care worker exposure to dithiopyr

Eighteen ChemLawn lawn care specialists were monitored for worker exposure by both passive dosimetry and biological monitoring techniques in the performance of normal duties of mixing/loading and application of Dimension herbicide to turfgrass. Passive dosimetry was performed, utilizing cotton gauze...

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Published in:Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 1991-08, Vol.21 (2), p.195-201
Main Authors: Cowell, J.E. (Monsanto Agricultural Company, St. Louis, MO), Lottman, C.M, Manning, M.J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
CESPED
CONTROLE CONTINU
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC
DIAGNOSTICO
GAZON
HERBICIDAS
HERBICIDE
HERBICIDES
Herbicides - toxicity
Humans
LAWNS AND TURF
Macaca mulatta
Medical sciences
METHODE
METHODS
METODOS
MONITORING
OBREROS
Occupational Diseases - chemically induced
ORINA
OUVRIER
PASSIVE DOSIMETRY
Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology
Pyridines - toxicity
Toxicology
TURF
URINE
VIGILANCIA
WORKERS
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Summary:Eighteen ChemLawn lawn care specialists were monitored for worker exposure by both passive dosimetry and biological monitoring techniques in the performance of normal duties of mixing/loading and application of Dimension herbicide to turfgrass. Passive dosimetry was performed, utilizing cotton gauze patches, silica gel air sampling absorption media, and hand washes as per US Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Assessment Guidelines. Biological monitoring was performed by analysis of all urine specimens collected from each specialist from initiation until 72 h after application of dithiopyr. The mean body dose estimate from urinalysis of the specimens collected over the 72 h period was 4.60 x 10(-5) mg/kg/lb applied. The passive dosimetry body dose estimates using dermal deposition measurements corrected for skin penetration and simulated inhalation measurements were calculated for the two clothing scenarios observed in the worker tests. The mean body dose estimate for a fully clothed specialist wearing a long-sleeved shirt was 8.09 x 10(-5) mg/kg/lb while for a specialist wearing a short-sleeved shirt the estimate was 3.62 x 10(-4) mg/kg/lb. The lower leg regions, which were protected by long pants and boots, had the highest exposure by passive dosimetry data.
ISSN:0090-4341
1432-0703
DOI:10.1007/BF01055337