Biomaterial Database

Exposure of pesticide applicators to arsenic acid. 1980

C S Miller, and W L Hoover, and W H Culver

The arsenic content of long-sleeved coveralls worn by ground rig drivers, pilots, and ground crew members averaged 430, 260 and 348 mg of arsenic, respectively after being worn during the normal pursuit of the application of arsenic acid as a desiccant on cotton in Texas and Oklahoma. The average arsenic content in breathing zone air for ground rig applicators was 7.8 microgram As/m3 during the application. The applicators coveralls received only about 0.1 to 50 ml of the applied spray. The results will aid in the determination of preliminary hazards of exposure to arsenic acid spray when the expected absorption percentage of arsenic from clothing and bare skin is determined at some future date.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011481	Protective Clothing	Clothing designed to protect the individual against possible exposure to known hazards.	Clothing, Protective
D006540	Herbicides	Pesticides used to destroy unwanted vegetation, especially various types of weeds, grasses (POACEAE), and woody plants. Some plants develop HERBICIDE RESISTANCE.	Algaecide,Algicide,Herbicide,Algaecides,Algicides
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000382	Agricultural Workers' Diseases	Diseases in persons engaged in cultivating and tilling soil, growing plants, harvesting crops, raising livestock, or otherwise engaged in husbandry and farming. The diseases are not restricted to farmers in the sense of those who perform conventional farm chores: the heading applies also to those engaged in the individual activities named above, as in those only gathering harvest or in those only dusting crops.	Agricultural Worker Disease,Agricultural Worker's Disease,Agricultural Worker Diseases,Agricultural Worker's Diseases,Agricultural Workers Disease,Agricultural Workers Diseases,Agricultural Workers' Disease,Disease, Agricultural Worker,Disease, Agricultural Worker's,Disease, Agricultural Workers',Diseases, Agricultural Worker,Diseases, Agricultural Worker's,Diseases, Agricultural Workers',Worker Disease, Agricultural,Worker Diseases, Agricultural,Worker's Disease, Agricultural,Worker's Diseases, Agricultural,Workers' Disease, Agricultural,Workers' Diseases, Agricultural
D000388	Air	The mixture of gases present in the earth's atmosphere consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.
D001149	Arsenates	Inorganic or organic salts and esters of arsenic acid.
D001151	Arsenic	A shiny gray element with atomic symbol As, atomic number 33, and atomic weight 75. It occurs throughout the universe, mostly in the form of metallic arsenides. Most forms are toxic. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985), arsenic and certain arsenic compounds have been listed as known carcinogens. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)	Arsenic-75,Arsenic 75
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.