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| American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS) | "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) and the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) conducted the first nationwide survey to assessed potential housing related exposure to pesticides, mold, and arsenic concentrations. Homes were selected using a three-stage cluster sample consisting of homes randomly selected from 101 population sampling units from across the United States. Of the 1131 individual homes were recruited to participate, a randomly selected sub-set of 500 underwent pesticide sampling. An isopropranol wetted wipe media was used to sample floors with in the confines of 929 cm^2 aluminum template at two separate locations (total area samples was 1858 cm^2). The wipe samples were analyzed for a suite of 24 residential use insecticides represented by 5 chemical classes and represent either current or past residential use insecticides. Field and laboratory quality control data were used to insure the accuracy of the results. Surrogate standards were used to evaluate and correct for method and instrument variability. The final concentrations underwent surrogate recovery corrections. Data were converted from ng/sample to ng/cm^2. The data are organized at the participant/compound level. All reported concentrations are associated with a weight used in statistical analysis to obtain final values that were statistically nationally representative. Minimum limits of detection (MDL’s) were obtained by determining the lowest concentration of a chemical analyte detectable on the instrument. Sample concentrations determined to be non-detectable were substituted with the MDL divided by the square root of two. The EPA does all it can to ensure the highest quality and completeness of the reported data. However the user is cautioned that some errors might remain. Field sampling was conducted June 2005 through March 2006. " | 480 | 27 | 12659 | American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS) | AHHS.zip | | Child Care Center Survey (CCC) | "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, characterized the environments of young children (<6 years) by measuring lead, allergens, and pesticides in a randomly selected nationally representative sample of licensed institutional child care centers. Multi-stage sampling with clustering was used to select 168 child care centers in 30 primary sampling units in the United States. Centers were recruited into the study by telephone interviewers. Samples for pesticides, lead, and allergens were collected at multiple locations in each center by field technicians. Field sampling was conducted from July through October 2001. Wipe samples from indoor surfaces (floors, tabletops, desks) and soil samples were collected at the centers and analyzed using a multi-residue GC/MS analysis method. The objectives of the pesticide portion of the study were to (1) evaluate pesticide use patterns in child care centers including both the type and frequency of pesticide use, and (2) measure pesticide residue concentrations in and around child care centers. Questionnaires and environmental analyses were used to evaluate pesticide use patterns in the centers. The collection of surface wipes and soil samples demonstrates the presence of pesticides inside and outside the building. Knowledge of the presence of pesticides inside and outside the building is an important first step in estimating the potential for dermal and indirect ingestion exposures, the likelihood for track-in, and the likelihood that inhalation exposure may occur due to resuspension of the pesticides. Field sampling was conducted July through October 2001." | 504 | 39 | 14228 | Child Care Center Survey (CCC) | CCC.zip | | CTEPP NC | The Children's Total Exposure to Persistent Pesticides and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants (CTEPP) study was an observation measurement study designed to determine what commonly used chemicals are found in home and/or day care environments, and if children in these environments encounter those chemicals in the course of their regular, day-to-day activities. The research sought to identify the major routes (i.e., breathing and ingestion), and sources (i.e., dust, food, air, soil, and water) through which children can become in contact with chemicals. To accomplish these goals, the CTEPP study measured the total exposure of 257 preschool children (ages 2 to 5 years) and their primary adult caregivers to more than 50 different pesticides and other chemicals commonly found in their everyday environments. The participants were from homes and day care centers in six North Carolina (NC) and six Ohio (OH) counties. Monitoring of each participant was performed over a 48-hour period at their home or day care center, where samples of food, drinking water, air, urine, dust, soil, transferable residues on floors, and surface wipes were collected. No chemicals or products were introduced into the homes or daycare centers, and participants were asked to follow their normal daily routines as samples were collected and questionnaires and diaries were administered. Field sampling was conducted July 2000 through October 2001. | 2549 | 53 | 67855 | CTEPP NC | CTEPP_NC.zip | | CTEPP OH | The Children's Total Exposure to Persistent Pesticides and Other Persistent Organic Pollutants (CTEPP) study was an observation measurement study designed to determine what commonly used chemicals are found in home and/or day care environments, and if children in these environments encounter those chemicals in the course of their regular, day-to-day activities. The research sought to identify the major routes (i.e., breathing and ingestion), and sources (i.e., dust, food, air, soil, and water) through which children can become in contact with chemicals. To accomplish these goals, the CTEPP study measured the total exposure of 257 preschool children (ages 2 to 5 years) and their primary adult caregivers to more than 50 different pesticides and other chemicals commonly found in their everyday environments. The participants were from homes and day care centers in six North Carolina (NC) and six Ohio (OH) counties. Monitoring of each participant was performed over a 48-hour period at their home or day care center, where samples of food, drinking water, air, urine, dust, soil, transferable residues on floors, and surface wipes were collected. No chemicals or products were introduced into the homes or daycare centers, and participants were asked to follow their normal daily routines as samples were collected and questionnaires and diaries were administered. Field sampling was conducted April through November 2001. | 2520 | 60 | 68830 | CTEPP OH | CTEPP_OH.zip |
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