Worker Exposure to Agrochemicals : Methods for Monitoring and Assessment

Methods for determining exposure of pesticides to agricultural workers have been developing for over thirty years. You may ask: what more do we need to know? Worker Exposure to Agrochemicals provides the answer. It contains a compilation of research papers that examine this issue from every angle. Even with all the information available, there still remains an intense debate over what method - dermal deposition or biological monitoring - provides better results when measuring worker exposure. Researchers almost never realize the same results in concurrent experiments using both methods. The question is: which process is more accurate? Worker Exposure to Agrochemicals examines the effectiveness of both procedures. Two chapters describe the simultaneous use of both methods and their outcome. The remaining chapters cover risk assessment, protective clothing, Canadian dosimetry, "Jazzercise," a tiered approach to exposure estimation, modeling reentry exposure, performing a dislodgeable residue study, and GLP requirements. This book is a compilation of research papers presented at the 1996 spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, LA. Biological monitoring vs. dermal dosimetery methods to measure worker exposure are explored, and the simultaneous use of the two techniques is reviewed. Methods adopted by the industry for the measurement of foliar dislodgeable residues on crops are also discussed in this book. Although the information presented at the 1996 ACS meeting has been public for some time, the details of the techniques for measuring worker exposure in this book are relatively new and exciting Methods for determining exposure of agricultural workers to pesticides have been developing for over the years. This title examines these methods using various approaches. It explores risk assessment, protective clothing, Canadian dosimetry, 'Jazzercise,' a tiered approach to exposure estimation, modeling reentry exposure, and GLP requirements. This text explores risk assessment, protective clothing, Canadian dosimetry, "jazzercise", a tiered approach to exposure estimation, modelling reentry exposure, performing a dislodgeable residue study, and GLP requirements Information on exposure levels is fundamental for the assessment and management of health risks related to occupational and environmental exposure to pesticides.