... This article summarizes the body of available standards for sampling of chemical and biological agents on workplace surfaces, including skin. These standards consist of voluntary consensus standards such as those promulgated by ASTM International, the International Organization...

... Fractional transition of pesticide, the transition of the pesticide due to rubbing, from protective clothing to skin was investigated by using an AATCC standard crockmeter. Two herbicides, atrazine and metolachlor, were studied together with three protective clothing materials: cotton, polyester...

... The effect of skin dosage on percutaneous absorption was determined in young and adult rats using 14 pesticidal chemicals. Young (33-day old) and adult (82-day old) female Fischer 344 rats, with previously clipped mid-dorsal skin, were treated with three dosages of labeled pesticides in acetone...

... An overall risk/benefit analysis relative to the use of chemical protective clothing for protection from potentially harmful chemicals must ultimately consider the barrier effectiveness of the skin to the chemicals in question. For example, there may be cases in which some permeation of chemical...