Percent
Containing
Pesticides in
Indoor Air

Time
After
Application

Avg Air
Level
Inside Home

Highest
Level
Found

Chlordane

60 homes

Termites
foundation

no data

7% over
5 mcg/m3 limit

2.2 mcg/m3

9.9 mcg/m3

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

no data, however,
5% were over
7 mcg/m3
in the first 1979 sample

1.9 mcg/m3

37.8 mcg/m3

Bull. 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
12% were between
3.5-6.5 mcg/m3

no data

no data

Bull. Env. Cont. Tox.
Vol. 39, pg. 911,1987

Chlordane

64 homes
built from
1976-1982

Termites
Foundation

34.4% Over

2.60 mcg/m3

55.4 mcg/m3

Bull Env. Cont. Tox
39:903-910, 1987

Chlordane

49 homes
built from
1983-1985

Termites Foundation

12.2% Over

.89 mcg/m3

55.5 mcg/m3

Bull Env. Cont. Tox
39:903-910, 1987

Chlordane

107 homes
from 19 states

Termites
Foundation

3.8 yrs
average

no data

2.7 mcg/m3

no data

Archives
of
Environmental Health
43(5):349-352, 1988

Dursban

16 Homes
North Carolina

Termites
Foundation

44%

1 year

2.58 mcg/m3

8.54 mcg/m3

Bull. Env Cont. Tox
40:561-568, 1988

Dursban

3 rooms
New Jersey

Fleas
Carpet

100%

24 hrs

30 mcg/m3

30 mcg/m3

Am J. Public Health
80(6):689-693, 1990