Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Residential Exposure Assessments

(DRAFT) Contract No. 68-W6-0030
Work Assignment No. 3385.102

Prepared by:
The Residential Exposure Assessment Work Group
Includes:
Office of Pesticide Programs, Health Effects Division
Versar, Inc.

July 18, 1997

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 General Principles of Exposure Assessment

1.2 Residential SOPs

1.3 Amortizing Dose

1.4 Labeling Considerations

1.5 Conversion Factors

1.6 Definitions

1.7 References

2.0 RESIDENTIAL LAWNS

2.1 Handler Inhalation and Dermal Potential Dose from Pesticides Applied to Turf

2.2 Postapplication Dermal Potential Dose from Pesticide Residues on Turf

2.3 Postapplication - Incidental Nondietary Ingestion

2.3.1 Postapplication Potential Dose Among Toddlers from the Ingestion of Pesticide Pellets or Granules from Treated Areas

2.3.2 Postapplication Potential Dose Among Toddlers from Incidental Nondietary Ingestion of Pesticide Residues on Residential Lawns from Hand-to-mouth Transfer

2.3.3 Postapplication Potential Dose Among Toddlers from the Ingestion of Pesticide-Treated Turfgrass

2.3.4 Postapplication Potential Dose Among Toddlers from Incidental Ingestion of Soil from Pesticide-Treated Residential Areas

3.0 GARDEN PLANTS

3.1 Handler Inhalation and Dermal Potential Dose from Pesticides Applied to the Garden

3.2 Postapplication Dermal Potential Doses from Pesticide Residues On Gardens

3.3 Postapplication - Incidental Nondietary Ingestion

3.3.1 Eating Pellets or Granules (refer to 2.3.1)

3.3.2 Hand-to-Mouth Transfer (refer to 2.3.2)

3.3.3 Eating Plant Material (no SOP - exposure via this route is considered negligible)

3.3.4 Soil Ingestion (refer to 2.3.4)

4.0 TREES (NUT, FRUIT, ORNAMENTAL)

4.1 Handler Inhalation and Dermal Potential Doses from Pesticides Applied to Trees

4.2 Postapplication Dermal Potential Doses from Pesticide Residues While Harvesting Fruit from Trees

5.0 SWIMMING POOLS

5.1 Handler Inhalation and Dermal Potential Doses from Pesticides Applied to Swimming Pools

5.2 Postapplication

5.2.1 Postapplication Potential Doses from Incidental Nondietary Ingestion of Pesticide Residues While Swimming

5.2.2 Postapplication Dermally Absorbed Dose From Swimming In Pesticide-Treated Residential Swimming Pools

5.2.3 Postapplication Potential Dose from Inhalation of Pesticide Residues In Swimming Pools

6.0 PAINTING AND WOOD PRESERVATIVE TREATMENTS

6.1 Handler - Dermal and Inhalation

6.1.1 Inhalation and Dermal Potential Doses from Painting/Staining in Residential Settings

6.2 Postapplication - Dermal (Refer to 11.2) and Inhalation (Refer to 13.2) (Indoor and Outdoor)

6.3 Postapplication Potential Dose Among Children from the Ingestion of Paint Chips Containing Pesticide Residues

7.0 FOGGING

7.1 Inhalation Doses Among Adults and Children After Pesticide Applications (e.g., Foggers) Outside of A Residence for the Purposes of Short-term Pest Control

8.0 CRACK AND CREVICE AND BROADCAST TREATMENT

8.2 Postapplication - Dermal

8.2.1 Postapplication Dermal Dose from Pesticide Residues on Carpets

8.2.2 Postapplication Dermal Dose from Pesticide Residues On Hard Surfaces

8.3 Postapplication - Inhalation (refer to 13.2)

8.4 Postapplication Doses Among Toddlers from Incidental Nondietary Ingestion of Pesticide Residues On Indoor Surfaces from Hand-to-mouth Transfer

9.0 PET TREATMENT

9.1 Handler

9.1.1 Handler Inhalation and Dermal Doses from Treating Pets With Dip, Shampoo, Dusts and Flea Collar Pesticide Formulations

9.1.2 Handler Inhalation and Dermal Doses from Treating Pets With Ready-to-use Pesticide Spray Formulations

9.2 Postapplication

9.2.1 Postapplication Dermal Dose from Pesticide Residues On Pets

9.2.2 Postapplication Potential Dose Among Toddlers from Incidental Nondietary Ingestion of Pesticide Residues on Pets from Hand-to-mouth Transfer

10.0 DETERGENT/HANDSOAP

10.1 Handler and Postapplication Dermal Exposure to Pesticides in Detergent/Bar Soap and Other Consumer Products

10.2 Handler and Postapplication Inhalation Exposure to Detergents and Other Consumer Products (refer to 13.2)

11.0 IMPREGNATED MATERIALS

11.1 Handler - Dermal and Inhalation (no SOP - pesticides added in manufacturing setting)

11.2 Postapplication Pesticide Residue Dermal and Inhalation Dose from Materials Impregnated with Pesticides

11.3 Postapplication Doses Among Toddlers From Incidental Non-dietary Ingestion of Pesticide Residues Contained In Materials Impregnated With Pesticides

12.0 TERMITICIDES

12.1 Handler - Dermal and Inhalation (no SOP - pesticides are applied by commercial handlers only)

12.2 Postapplication - Dermal and Inhalation (no SOP for dermal because of limited exposure potential; refer to 13.2 for inhalation exposure)

13.0 INHALATION OF RESIDUES FROM INDOOR TREATMENTS

13.1 Handler Surrogate Inhalation Dose from Pesticides Applied Indoors as Crack & Crevice and Broadcast Treatments

13.2 Inhalation Bystanders and Postapplication Dose Among Adults and Children from Pesticide Applications in and Around a Residence

14.0 RODENTICIDES (REFER TO 2.3.1)

15.0 PICK YOUR OWN

15.1 Postapplication Dermal Potential Doses from Pesticide Residues on Pick Your Own Strawberries

APPENDIX A - Summary of Assumptions for the Residential SOPs

APPENDIX B - SOPs for Residential Exposure Assessments

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Residential Exposure Assessments

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