Air Chlordane & Dursban Home Pesticide Contamination Test Results

PESTICIDE TESTED	Dwelling Type	Type of Pesticide Treatment	Percent Containing Pesticides in Indoor Air	Time After Application	Percent Over NAS Safety Guideline	Average Air Level Inside Homes	Home With Highest Level Found	REFERENCES
Chlordane	60 homes	Termites foundation	no data		7% over safety limit	2.2	9.9	Leidy R.B., Wright American Chemical Society, Washington DC, pp. 265-77
Chlordane	500 Apts Midwestern Air Force Base	Termites Foundation	77%	2-16 years	5% over 7 µg/m3 in the first 1979 sample	1.9	37.8	Bulletin. Env. Cont. Tox Vol. 27, pg. 406, 1981
Chlordane	474 housing units from 7 Air Force Bases	Termites Foundation	no data	several years	Approx. 4% over safety limit 12% between 3.5-6.5 µg/m3	no data	no data	Referenced in Bull. Env. Cont. Tox. Vol. 39, pg. 911,1987
Chlordane	64 homes built from 1976-1982	Termites Foundation			34.4% over safety limit	2.6	55.4	Bulletin Env. Cont. Tox Vol. 39:903-910, 1987
Chlordane	49 homes built from 1983-1985	Termites Foundation			12.2% over safety limit	0.89	55.5	Bulletin Env. Cont. Tox Vol. 39:903-910, 1987
Chlordane	107 homes from 19 states	Termites Foundation	100% of homes have chlordane	3.8 yrs average	no data	2.7	no data	Archives of Environmental Health Vol. 43(5):349-352, 1988
Dursban	16 Homes North Carolina	Termites Foundation	44%	1 year	0% over 10 µg/m3 Limit	2.58	8.54	Bull. Env Cont. Tox Vol. 40:561-568, 1988
Dursban	3 rooms New Jersey	Fleas Carpet	100%	24 hrs	100% over 10 µ/m3 Limit	30	30	Am J. Public Health Vol. 80(6):689-693, 1990