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Ingestion of Pesticides by Children in Agricultural Areas

Funders: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Rutgers University
Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 979.862.4238
Lead researcher: Kirby C. Donnelly, PhD , 979.862.4622, kdonnelly@cvm.tamu.edu
Project completed:December 2003
Topics: Agricultural health and safety
Children

This project is examining the ingestion of pesticides by children who live in agricultural areas in which aerial spraying is used. It involves collection of data using several different measures of ingestion. Initial results have disclosed DDT in all of the homes sampled and about 20 percent of the homes have organophosphate insecticides.


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