Thermal Response Associated with Prototype Pesticide Protective Clothing

Abstract

In an effort to develop protective clothing that offered improved heat dissipation characteristics to pesticide applicators, the thermal responses were collected from 54 male subjects wearing two prototypes and a typical clothing ensemble. The performance of three designs and three fabrics with known chemical protective characteristics was determined in a controlled laboratory, simulating a hot environment. Analysis of physiological and perceptual data revealed that one protective fabric offered a similar thermal comfort level as chambray, a fabric growers often wear for pesticide application, which is an ineffective barrier to pesticide penetration.

Test rooms to study human comfort in buildings: A review of controlled experiments and facilities

“…In particular, the last 20 years have seen a progressive increase in the number of experiments dedicated to local heating and/or cooling systems (personal cooling with phase change materials [112,113], heated/cooled chairs [114][115][116], seats heated with encapsulated carbonized fabric [120], feet heaters [117,118], etc.). About 40% of the technology-oriented experiments aim to test new clothing (uniforms for heat strain or cold thermal stress attenuation in the construction industry [50,51,131,132], sports clothing [53,[133][134][135], protective clothing systems [136,137], cooled/heated garments [138,139], etc.). The distribution of the technology-oriented experiments based on the type of system studied (heating or cooling, local heating and/or cooling, clothing) over the four different climate groups is shown in Fig.…”

Omniphobic polyurethane – superabsorbent polymer – fluoropolymer surface coating on cotton fabric for chemical protection and thermal comfort

“…Considering this complex aspect of CPC, research efforts are being directed widely to the development of novel CPC having maximum protection performance and an acceptable level of thermal comfort. [18][19][20] Moiz et al 12 developed a superomniphobic surface on cotton fabrics via coating of silicone rubber and fluoropolymer. Shen et al 21 designed a chemical repellent robust coating based on aramid for protection against organic and inorganic liquid chemicals.…”

“…Considering this complex aspect of CPC, research efforts are being directed widely to the development of novel CPC having maximum protection performance and an acceptable level of thermal comfort. 18–20…”

The Design and Testing of Work Clothing for Female Pear Farmers

“…Current farming practices involve difficult physical labor and heavy use of chemicals. Many studies have been conducted on specialized protective clothing worn when applying agricultural chemicals (Branson, DeJonge, & Munson, 1986;Murray, 1982;Myung, Shim, & Choi, 1993;Stone, Eichner, Kim, & Koehler, 1988). Branson and her associates (1986), for example, evaluated three prototype designs using three different fabrics and discovered that protective clothing offered a thermal comfort level similar to that of ordinary clothing made of chambray.…”