TY - JOUR
T1 - Elevated levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD in the tissue of an agricultural sprayer of herbicides
T2 - a single case study
AU - Tong, H. Y.
AU - Monson, S. J.
AU - Gross, M. L.
AU - Powell, B. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The valuable assistance of Mr. B. Rostetter of Holton, Kansas, the subject of this case study, is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Mr. S. Arghestani for his valuable suggestions for the herbicide sample preparation. This work was supported by the Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry (NSF Grant CHE-8620177).
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - A U.S. domestic agricultural worker has documented an exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD by means of spraying 2,4,5-T herbicide on pasture land and hay ground. A sample of the herbicide that he used contains 7.7 ppb (ng of TCDD per gram of raw herbicide). The worker's adipose tissue is considerably elevated: a level of 72 ppt (whole wt.) or 77 ppt (lipid basis) of 2,3,7,8-TCDD was found ca. 5 years after the exposure had ended. The worker has had a variety of health problems including episodes of cancer of the lung, the adrenal gland, and of the colon. The latter two are probably metastatic from the carcinoma of the lung. However, no causal relationship between the exposure and health is established.
AB - A U.S. domestic agricultural worker has documented an exposure to 2,3,7,8-TCDD by means of spraying 2,4,5-T herbicide on pasture land and hay ground. A sample of the herbicide that he used contains 7.7 ppb (ng of TCDD per gram of raw herbicide). The worker's adipose tissue is considerably elevated: a level of 72 ppt (whole wt.) or 77 ppt (lipid basis) of 2,3,7,8-TCDD was found ca. 5 years after the exposure had ended. The worker has had a variety of health problems including episodes of cancer of the lung, the adrenal gland, and of the colon. The latter two are probably metastatic from the carcinoma of the lung. However, no causal relationship between the exposure and health is established.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0024327763
U2 - 10.1016/0045-6535(89)90156-2
DO - 10.1016/0045-6535(89)90156-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024327763
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 18
SP - 469
EP - 476
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
IS - 1-6
ER -