ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2014
Pesticides present in migrant farmworker housing in North Carolina.
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- Systematic Literature Review of the Take-Home Route of Pesticide Exposure via Biomonitoring and Environmental Monitoring.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Agricultural Worker Housing: A Review and a New Framework for Action.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2026Review
- Applying the NIOSH Worker Well-Being Framework to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Insights From the Literature.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Review
- "You're Just Stuck in a Hole, Really": Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada.Qualitative health research · 2025Article
- Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational 'Take-Home' Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers' Families in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pesticide exposure among Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Climate-related migration and population health: social science-oriented dynamic simulation model.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Eliminating Take-Home Exposures: Recognizing the Role of Occupational Health and Safety in Broader Community Health.Annals of work exposures and health · 2020Review
- Migrant Farmworkers' Exposure to Pesticides in Sonora, Mexico.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Pesticides in indoor and outdoor residential dust: a pilot study in a rural county of Taiwan.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Pesticide Urinary Metabolites Among Latina Farmworkers and Nonfarmworkers in North Carolina.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2018Article
- Olfactory Function in Latino Farmworkers Over 2 Years: Longitudinal Exploration of Subclinical Neurological Effects of Pesticide Exposure.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Personal samplers of bioavailable pesticides integrated with a hair follicle assay of DNA damage to assess environmental exposures and their associated risks in children.Mutation research. Genetic toxicology and environmental mutagenesis · 2017Article
- Using "Policy Briefs" to Present Scientific Results of CBPR: Farmworkers in North Carolina.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2017Article
- The Legal Implications of Report Back in Household Exposure Studies.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Review
- Olfactory Function in Latino Farmworkers: Subclinical Neurological Effects of Pesticide Exposure in a Vulnerable Population.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Article
- Hidden Farmworker Labor Camps in North Carolina: An Indicator of Structural Vulnerability.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Collecting Comparative Data on Farmworker Housing and Health: Recommendations for Collecting Housing and Health Data Across Places and Time.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2015Article
- Housing and Neighborhood Characteristics and Latino Farmworker Family Well-Being.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundMigrant farmworkers are exposed to pesticides at work. Housing provided to migrant farmworkers may also expose them to pesticides, increasing their health risks. This analysis (1) describes the presence of organophosphorous (OP) and pyrethroid pesticides in North Carolina migrant farmworker houses, and (2) delineates associations of farmworker camp characteristics with pesticide detection and concentration.
methodsIn 2010, 186 migrant farmworkers camps in NC were recruited (participation rate of 82.3%); pesticide wipe samples for 176 houses were analyzed. Tobacco is the predominant hand-harvested crop in this region. Two farmworkers per camp completed interviews; a third assisted with a housing inspection. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to detect OP and pyrethroid pesticides. Covariates of pesticide detection and concentration were determined with ANOVA and Tobit regression.
resultsOPs were found in 166 of 176 houses (average of 2.4/house); pyrethroids were found in 171 houses (average of 4.3/house). The number of different OPs detected in each camp and concentrations of these OPs were not associated with camp and housing characteristics. The number of different pyrethroids detected in each camp and concentrations of these pyrethroids were associated with camps having residents with H2-A visas, a posted North Carolina Department of Labor Certificate of Inspection, no barracks, fewer residents, no bedroom weather protection or floor violations, and no roaches.
conclusionsFarmworkers are exposed to pesticides where they live. Policy on removing pesticides from farmworker houses is needed. Reducing pesticides in farmworker houses will reduce one health risk confronted by this vulnerable population.
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