Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus Control and Emergency Department Asthma Visits in New York City, 2000

Karpati, Adam; Perrin, Mary; Matte, Tom; Leighton, Jessica; Schwartz, Joel; Barr, R. Graham

doi:10.1289/ehp.6946

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“…A multivariate analysis showed that the symptoms reported by the subjects were significantly associated with the perception of certain odours or periods of employment under conditions of environmental exposure, despite the fact that biological monitoring had not provided evidence of higher exposure to malathion, DDT or other chlorinated compounds [44]. In both studies carried out on New Yorkers, the authors did not find any link between the frequency of respiratory symptoms or asthma attacks and applications of pesticides [46,47]. However, it is important to note that information had been given before the campaign to the residents of affected areas about the dates of passage of trucks and helicopters, as well as recommendations to stay indoors and keep windows closed.…”

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“…The analysis focused on 62 827 visits over a period of 427 days. The number of visits for asthma was similar during the 3 days before and after application (510 visits in the 3 days before versus 501 visits in the 3 days after, p=0.78) and no link was found between exposure and symptoms of asthma (relative risk 0.92, 95% CI 0.80-1.07) [46].…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Three studies focused on the respiratory symptoms in inhabitants of pesticide application areas in the USA: one study in which application was aerial [45], one in which a spreading truck was used [46] and one in which a joint helicopter-truck application was performed [47]. The first study was conducted in California among 39 residents living near farms where paraquat had been applied by helicopter for 2 weeks and in 172 control subjects living in three urban areas far from application areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Environmental exposure to pesticides and respiratory health

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Respiratory effects of environmental exposure to pesticides are debated. Here we aimed to review epidemiological studies published up until 2013, using the PubMed database. 20 studies dealing with respiratory health and non-occupational pesticide exposure were identified, 14 carried out on children and six on adults.In four out of nine studies in children with biological measurements, mothers' dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) blood levels during pregnancy were associated with asthma and wheezing in young children. An association was also found between permethrin in indoor air during pregnancy and wheezing in children. A significant association between asthma and DDE measured in children's blood (aged 7-10 years) was observed in one study. However, in three studies, no association was found between asthma or respiratory infections in children and pesticide levels in breast milk and/or infant blood. Lastly, in three out of four studies where post-natal pesticide exposure of children was assessed by parental questionnaire an association with respiratory symptoms was found. Results of the fewer studies on pesticide environmental exposure and respiratory health of adults were much less conclusive: indeed, the associations observed were weak and often not significant.In conclusion, further studies are needed to confirm whether there is a respiratory risk associated with environmental exposure to pesticides. @ERSpublications Occupational pesticide exposure increases respiratory health risk but data are unclear for environmental exposures http://ow.ly/PSGvz

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“…Carr et al [7] showed that the use of aerially applied ULV resmethrin above agricultural fields as a result of a public health emergency would result in negligible human dietary risk. Other biomonitoring and epidemiological studies, reports, and regulatory assessments also have concluded that risks to humans and other nontarget organisms from exposure to mosquito insecticides most likely are negligible [8][9][10][11][12].…”

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Environmental concentrations, fate, and risk assessment of pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide after aerial ultralow‐volume applications for adult mosquito management

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et al. 2008

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Abstract-One of the most effective ways of managing adult mosquitoes that vector human and animals diseases is the use of ultralow-volume insecticides. Because of concerns about the safety of the insecticides used for the management of adult mosquitoes, we conducted an environmental fate and efficacy study in Princeton and Colusa (both CA, USA) after aerial applications of pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide (PBO). One hour before application, PBO concentrations in water were 0.008 and 0.2175 g/L for Princeton and Colusa, respectively. One hour after the spray event in Princeton, the average PBO concentrations were 0.0125 g/cm 2 on ground-deposition pads and 0.1723 g/L in water samples, with concentrations decreasing significantly over time. One hour after the spray event in Colusa, the average PBO concentrations were 0.0199 g/cm 2 on deposition pads and 1.274 g/L in water samples, with concentrations decreasing significantly over time. A significant time and location effect for both deposition pads and water samples in Princeton and Colusa was observed ( p Ͻ 0.001 and p ϭ 0.014, respectively). Pyrethrins were not detected in nearly all ground and water samples. One hour after application, mortality of Culex tarsalis and Culex pipiens in sentinel cages was significantly higher than at the control site for both locations ( p Ͻ 0.001). Risk quotients for aquatic surrogate species in Princeton and Colusa were 0.002 or less at 1 h after application, which did not exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency risk quotient level of concern for endangered aquatic organisms of 0.05. Our results suggest that the amounts of pyrethrins and PBO deposited on the ground and in water after aerial ULV insecticide applications are lower than those estimated by previous exposure and risk assessments.

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“…Peterson et al (2006) performed a human-health risk assessment for six mosquito insecticide active ingredients and piperonyl butoxide (PBO) along with WNV, which demonstrated that the risks from WNV most likely were larger than the risk from the insecticides. Other biomonitoring studies, reports, and regulatory assessments also have concluded that risks to humans and other non-target organisms from exposure to adulticides most likely are negligible (Karpati et al 2004;Currier et al 2005;NYCDOH 2005;O'Sullivan et al 2005;Carr et al 2006;Davis et al 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%