title: A meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of single-layer clothing in preventing exposure from pesticide handling.
abstract: This review summarizes available information on the penetration of pesticides through single-layer clothing by pesticide handlers and introduces epidemiological and observational studies on pesticide exposure. The data for this report were taken from peer-reviewed articles, publicly available government reports, and publicly available government reviews of registrant-submitted data and information. The arithmetic mean of calculated clothing penetration was obtained for various parts of the body (upper arm, lower arm, chest/torso, back/torso, upper leg, and lower leg) that were exposed to pesticide. The range of pesticide penetration to the various parts of the body through single-layer clothing during mixing, loading, and application (MLA) activities was found to be 6.2% ± 5.7% to 21.4% ± 6.7%, which demonstrates a potential for increased and unintentional pesticide exposures. Based on this evaluation, some accepted default values for protection against pesticide exposure may be overestimated.
authors.affiliation: a California Department of Public Health , Sacramento , California , USA.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Miguelino
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D000383:Agriculture; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D011481:Protective Clothing
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides
keywords: Epidemiological studies; evaluation studies; occupational health; pesticides; poisoning; protective clothing; review literature