Protective clothing for pesticide operators: part II – data analysis of fabric characteristics

Shaw, Anugrah; Schiffelbein, Paul

doi:10.1080/10803548.2015.1071927

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“…Shaw and Schiffelbein tested approximately 100 different fabrics used in the manufacture of pesticide applicator clothing and verified that the highest levels of protection were found on water-repellent garments [9].…”

Section: Design Of the Garments (Type Of Material Presence Of Sewingmentioning

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Evaluation of Insecticides in Protective Clothing

Espanhol-Soares¹,

Silva²

2018

Insecticides - Agriculture and Toxicology

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The exposure to insecticides causes several health problems, which can be aggravated by more toxicity. Therefore, to avoid this exposure, it is required to use protective clothing. The use of protective equipment against pesticides is indispensable and essential from the preparation/handling regulations of the pesticides spray to the application of diluted formulations. However, even with this protection, workers are not totally immune to the contamination of pesticides. There are several factors that contribute to the loss of efficiency of protective clothing against pesticides, such as field use, activity of application, the type of material, seam presence, clothing model, types of formulation used in the application, the process of washing, and the ironing of clothes after their use.

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“…The use of protective equipment by rural workers is essential in Brazil, as can be seen in NR 6 [5]. However, it is common knowledge that the equipment marketed in Brazil, often supplied to workers by their employers according to the legislation, do not have adequate efficiency, exposing their users throughout the working day [6][7][8][9].…”

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Evaluation of Insecticides in Protective Clothing

Espanhol-Soares¹,

Silva²

2018

Insecticides - Agriculture and Toxicology

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“…As we surveyed, the woven fabrics commonly worn by Thai agricultural workers are usually made of cotton, polyester, and a cotton/polyester blend. Different characteristics of various woven fabrics have different abilities prevent the penetration of chemicals through to the skin (Lee & Obendorf, 2005;Miguelino, 2014;Shaw & Schiffelbein, 2016a). A laboratory study by Jain and Raheel (2003) also mentioned that the penetration of atrazine and pendimethalin ranged from 22.88% to 84.74% for 100% cotton, 51.8-84.8% for polyester, and 68.2-88.9% for cotton/polyester blend.…”

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“…Factors associated with the exposure risk of pesticides are the type of chemical involved, concentration of the chemicals, chemical composition, and time of exposure to chemicals. Fabric factors include type of fabric, thickness, fabric weight, bound or seal seam, yarn twist and wicking, waterproof characteristics of fabrics, and design features (Macfarlane et al, 2013;Miguelino, 2014;Shaw & Schiffelbein, 2016a). Water repellence is also a crucial factor in the protection against pesticide exposure.…”

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How to protect agricultural workers from exposure to pesticides: Effectiveness of woven and natural resin-coated fabrics

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Agricultural workers in low and middle-income countries usually wear their everyday clothing made of woven fabrics during pesticide application. Different characteristics of various woven fabrics have different abilities to prevent the penetration of pesticides through to the skin. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this study is that agricultural workers in Thailand can choose a suitable fabric of protective clothing to protect themselves from pesticide exposure. This study aims to investigate pesticide penetration levels in different woven fabrics, and to explore factors affecting levels of pesticide penetration through fabrics. In addition, our study aims to produce cotton fabrics coated with a natural resin to obtain water-repellent characteristics and evaluate their effectiveness in protecting against pesticides. Four pesticides used in the testing process were chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin, paraquat, and glyphosate. The results found that a suitable fabric to protect agricultural workers from pesticide exposure is a fabric which made of 100% cotton and have greater weight. With regard to natural resin-coated fabrics, fabric C1-R showed the highest levels of effectiveness in protecting against the pesticides (range between 89%-95%). The natural resin-coated fabric is an alternative fabric in the protection against pesticides for agricultural workers in low and middle-income countries when commercial PPE are prohibitively expensive.

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“…Most agricultural workers wore work clothing made of woven fabric when working on farms, resulting in the easy penetration of pesticides through to the skin [1,17]. Pesticide penetration through woven fabric depends on type of pesticide, fabric thickness, fabric weight, yarn twist, and fabric composition [18][19][20][21].…”

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Development of Personal Protective Clothing for Reducing Exposure to Insecticides in Pesticide Applicators

Naksata

Watcharapasorn

Hongsibsong

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Wearing appropriate personal protective equipment during the application of pesticides is one method of reducing dermal exposure to pesticides. Thus, the aim of this research is to develop personal protective clothing (PPC) coated with gum rosin and investigate the efficiency of its level of protection against chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin. Comparison of the protection efficiency of each PPC with Tychem® C coveralls was also investigated. Five commercially available cotton fabrics were chosen for tailoring the PPC, and then, the PPC was coated with a gum rosin finish to provide water repellence. The efficiency of the level of protection of the gum rosin-coated PPC against insecticides was tested in a laboratory (closed chamber). The remarkable findings were that the % protection efficiencies for all the PPC, with the exception of one, were not significantly different to those for Tychem® C coveralls. The protection efficiencies ranged from 99.85% to 99.97% against chlorpyrifos and 99.11% to 99.89% against cypermethrin. Therefore, our results suggest that gum rosin-coated clothing provided satisfactory levels of protection against insecticides and could be considered as suitable protective clothing for pesticide applicators. Choice of an appropriate fabric for coating with gum rosin also needs to be considered. A further study in field conditions is warranted to confirm the protection efficiency in a working environment.

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Protective clothing for pesticide operators: part II – data analysis of fabric characteristics

Cited by 9 publications

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Evaluation of Insecticides in Protective Clothing

Evaluation of Insecticides in Protective Clothing

How to protect agricultural workers from exposure to pesticides: Effectiveness of woven and natural resin-coated fabrics

Development of Personal Protective Clothing for Reducing Exposure to Insecticides in Pesticide Applicators

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