Operator Exposure to Indoxacarb Wettable Powder and Water Dispersible Granule during Mixing/loading and Risk Assessment

Indoxacarb 수화제 및 입상수화제 살포액 조제 시 농작업자의 노출량 측정을하여 두 제형 간 노출 양상을 비교하였으며 위해성 평가를 실시하였다. 손 노출량 측정은 면 장갑을 사용하였고 호흡노출량은 personal air monitor를 이용하였으며, 노출량 측정을 위한 다양한 분석/시험방법을 검증하였다. 분석 기기의 검출한계는 0.25 ng, 정량한계는 1 ng로 설정하였고, 표준 검량선의 직선성은 <TEX>R²</TEX>이 0.9999 이상이었으며, 분석재현성은 C.V값이 0.7~6.0이었다. 또한 3수준으로 수행한 노출 시료(장갑, 고체 흡착제, 유리섬유필터)에서 indoxacarb의 분석법의 회수율은 81.5-108.8% 이었고, 호흡 노출 실험의 검증 중에서 포집효율 및 파과실험 결과 90.4-112.0%의 회수율을 보였다. Indoxacarb 수화제 및 입상수화제 조제 시 30반복의 손 노출량의 75percentile 값은 수화제는 459.8 mg/kg a.i이며, 입상수화제는 81.4 mg/kg a.i로, 수화제가 입상수화제에 비해 6배 이상 노출이 되었다. 호흡노출량은 조제 약량의 <TEX>10⁻⁸-10⁻⁷%</TEX>, 손 노출량의 <TEX>10⁻⁴-10⁻³%</TEX>이었으며 호흡노출량은 수화제 및 입상수화제 사이의 유의성 있는 차이는 보이지 않았다. Indoxacarb의 위해성평가를 위한 margin of safety (MOS) 계산 시 중요한 노출 인자로서 한국인 남성 평균체중과 농작업자 노출 허용량을 사용하였다. 위해성 평가 결과 두 제형 모두 조제 작업 시 MOS가 1이상으로 위해성이 낮음을 확인하였다. Exposure and risk assessments were conducted to evaluate the relative safety of mixing/loading work of indoxacarb between wettable powder (WP) and water dispersible granule (WG). Hand exposure was monitored using cotton gloves while inhalation exposure was measured using personal air monitor. Method validation for the exposure monitoring was established successfully through several experiments. Limit of determination and limit of quantitation were 0.25 and 1 ng, respectively. <TEX>R²</TEX> of calibration curve linearity was more than 0.9999 and reproducibility was 0.7-6. Recovery of indoxacarb from gloves, solid sorbent and glass fiber filter at three different levels was 81.5-108.8%. Trapping efficiency and breakthrough tests gave 981.5-108.8% of recovery. During mixing/loading procedure, hand exposure amount (75 percentile of 30 repetitions) for indoxacarb WP was 6 folds (459.8 mg/kg a.i) than that of WG (81.4 mg/kg a.i). This result indicates that WG has less drift than WP thanks to its granular type of formulation. Inhalation amount was <TEX>10⁻⁸-10⁻⁷%</TEX> of spray mixture prepared and <TEX>10⁻⁴-10⁻³%</TEX> of hand exposure. In inhalation case, no significant differences were observed between two formulations. Margin of safety was calculated for risk assessment using male Korean average body weight and acceptable operator exposure level as the important exposure factors. Mixing/loading procedures for both of the formulations were considered to be of least risk because calculated MOS values were more than 1.