Measurement of atmospheric concentrations of common household pesticides: A pilot study |
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Authors: | Robert G. Lewis Andrew E. Bond Donald E. Johnson J. P. Hsu |
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Affiliation: | (1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27711 Research Triangle Park, NC, USA;(2) Southwest Research Institute, 78284 San Antonio, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | Air concentrations of 28 of the most commonly used household pesticides were measured inside nine homes in Jacksonville, Florida, and compared with corresponding outdoor levels. The households selected were sorted into three categories according to the degree of pesticide indoor usage. Personal air monitoring was also performed on one resident of each household by means of a portable sampler, which was kept with the person at all times. Five of the pesticides were found in the air inside of the majority of the homes at concentrations as high as 15 gm–3 (average concentrations, 12 ngm–3 to 2.4 gm–3). Indoor levels were generally one to two ordrrs of magnitude higher than surrounding outdoor air levels and personal air measurements were within ± 50% of corresponding indoor values. All samples were collected over 24-hr periods on polyurethane foam and analyzed by capillary colum gas chromatography with mass spectrometric and/or electron capture detection. |
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