Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Neurobehavioral Performance in Agricultural and Nonagricultural Hispanic Workers
| Autor: | Michael R. Lasarev, Jackie Phillips, Diane S. Rohlman, Juan Muniz, Joan Rothlein, Linda A. McCauley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Metabolite 010501 environmental sciences Positive correlation Nervous System 01 natural sciences Toxicology Oregon 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Organophosphorus Compounds neurobehavior organophosphates 0302 clinical medicine Occupational Exposure Environmental health Humans Medicine 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Behavior business.industry Research Organophosphate Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biomarkers Agriculture Environmental Exposure Hispanic or Latino pesticides Environmental exposure Phosmet Pesticide chemistry occupational health Malathion business farmworkers 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Perspectives |
| ISSN: | 1552-9924 0091-6765 |
| DOI: | 10.1289/ehp.8182 |
| Popis: | Our understanding of the health risks of farmworkers exposed to pesticides in their work and home environments is rapidly increasing, although studies designed to examine the possible neurobehavioral effects of low-level chronic pesticide exposure are limited. We measured dialkyl phosphate urinary metabolite levels, collected environmental dust samples from a subset of homes, obtained information on work practices, and conducted neurobehavioral tests on a sample of farmworkers in Oregon. Significant correlations between urinary methyl metabolite levels and total methyl organophosphate (azinphos-methyl, phosmet, malathion) house dust levels were observed. We found the neurobehavioral performance of Hispanic immigrant farmworkers to be lower than that observed in a nonagricultural Hispanic immigrant population, and within the sample of agricultural workers there was a positive correlation between urinary organophosphate metabolite levels and poorer performance on some neurobehavioral tests. These findings add to an increasing body of evidence of the association between low levels of pesticide exposure and deficits in neurobehavioral performance. |
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