农药在低收入住房中广泛使用
Sara Vaezafshar1, Jeffrey A Siegel2,3, Liisa Jantunen4,5
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B1, Canada.
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
|June 22, 2024
概括
低收入社会住房的居民面临着广泛接触众多农药的风险,包括遗留的有机和当前使用的铁. 这项研究强调了加拿大多个单位住宅建筑物中室内大量的农药污染.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 城市住房研究 城市住房研究
背景情况:
- 社会住房中低社会经济地位 (SES) 的居民可能因建筑维护问题而经历过高的农药暴露.
- 农药的应用往往是由于结构缺陷和补贴住房的维护不良而需要的.
研究的目的:
- 量化1970年代低SES社会住房居民对遗留和当前使用农药的暴露.
- 确定这些住所中导致农药暴露的因素.
主要方法:
- 室内空气样本是在2017年从多伦多7个社会住房多个单位住宅建筑 (MURB) 的46个单位收集的.
- 部署一周的便携式空气净化器分析了28种颗粒阶段农药,包括有机,有机酸盐,铁和斯特罗比.
主要成果:
- 在89%的单位中检测到杀虫剂,目前使用的铁类药物和遗留的有机类药物显示出高的检测频率和度.
- 在1985年受到限制的甲显示出最高的估计总空气度.
- 农药含量超过其他低收入住宅报告的水平;烟草吸烟与特定的农药度相关.
结论:
- 广泛的室内农药暴露,包括被禁止和未注册的化合物,在低收入社会住房中普遍存在.
- 遗留的有机的高度持久性和类药物的使用有助于显著的暴露风险.
- 害虫控制计划和当地农药的使用被确定为污染的主要来源.
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