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The Toxicologist - Society of Toxicology

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portant cause <strong>of</strong> death, compared to CO. ACKNOWLEDGMENT <strong>The</strong> study was<br />

supported by Ångpanneföreningen and the Swedish National Board <strong>of</strong> Health and<br />

Welfare.<br />

1218 DERMAL AND INHALATION EXPOSURE OF<br />

EGYPTIAN COTTON WORKERS DURING<br />

CHLORPYRIFOS APPLICATIONS.<br />

R. Fenske 1 , F. M. Farahat 2 , K. Galvin 1 , J. R. Olson 3 , D. S. Rohlman 4 and W. K.<br />

Anger 4 . 1 University <strong>of</strong> Washington, Seattle, WA, 2 Menoufia University, Shebin<br />

Elkom, Egypt, 3 State Univesity <strong>of</strong> New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY and 4 Oregon<br />

Health & Science University, Portland, OR.<br />

Concerns about health risks to Egyptian cotton workers who apply organophosphorus<br />

(OP) pesticides, including chlorpyrifos (CPF) prompted study <strong>of</strong> inhalation<br />

and dermal exposures to chlorpyrifos, as well as measurement <strong>of</strong> the CPF urinary<br />

metabolite 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCP). Sampling was conducted during the<br />

summer <strong>of</strong> 2009 at cotton fields in the Egyptian Governorate <strong>of</strong> Menoufia for 12<br />

workers, four from each job category: applicators who used backpack sprayers; technicians<br />

who assisted applicators in the fields; and engineers who supervised from<br />

outside the field. Personal air samples were collected with OVS sampling tubes at<br />

1.0 LPM. Dermal patches were attached to worker clothing or skin at six locations.<br />

Geometric mean (GM) air concentrations by job category were compared using the<br />

Welch Anova and Bonferroni test. Mean shift duration was 3.5 hr (SD=0.24 hr).<br />

<strong>The</strong> GM CPF air concentrations were significantly different (p

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