Information on residential pesticide usage and behaviors that may influence pesticide exposure was collected in three population-based studies of older adults residing in the three Central California counties of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare. We present data from participants in the Study of Use of Products and Exposure Related Behaviors (SUPERB) study (N = 153) and from community controls ascertain...

To investigate factors associated with pesticide-related visits to health care providers (i.e., doctor or hospital visits), responses to self-administered questionnaires received from 35,879 licensed restricted-use pesticide applicators participating in the Agricultural Health Study were analyzed. (In Iowa, applicators are actually certified, whereas in North Carolina they are licensed; for eas...

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests there may be an association between parents' exposure to pesticides and cancer in their children. In this issue, Kori Flower of the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill School of Public Health and colleagues report the results of their recent study investigating the possibility of increased cancer risk among the children of pesticide applicator...

About 12 months ago Captec Pty Ltd registered a diazinon-based dipping product for sheep called Diprite. Diprite included new (patented) label instructions that enabled application of a consistent dose of chemical to all sheep dipped. Many pesticides ‘strip’ when used in sheep dips (including diazinon). Stripping is the process whereby the pesticide leaves the dip faster than the water removed ...

Pesticides are widely used in Thailand, and can lead to serious acute and chronic health effects. To understand the determinants of pesticide exposure, such as farmers’ behaviors, is important in the effort to reduce exposure effectively. In this study, a standardized questionnaire was designed and used in order to collect information on use and safety behavior related to pesticide in chilli-gr...

Intensive residential use of insecticides has resulted in their ubiquitous presence as contaminants in urban surface streams. For pest eradication, urban hard surfaces such as concrete are often directly treated with pesticides, and wind/water can also carry pesticides onto hard surfaces from surrounding areas. This study expanded on previous bench-scale studies by considering pesticide runoff ...

In the USSR emphasis is focused on studying pesticide circulation in the environment, especially to determine the regularities of their migration and accumulation in living beings. Over 500 laboratories for systematically estimating pesticide residues in plant and animal products, water, drinking watersupplies, atmospheric air and working area air are established at the National Sanitary and Ep...

Observed herbicide runoff and groundwater data from a pine-release herbicide application study near Gainesville, Florida were used to validate the GLEAMS model hydrology and pesticide component for forest application. The study revealed that model simulations agreed relatively well with the field data for the one-year study. Following validation, a modified version of GLEAMS was applied using a...