From: Associations between self-reported pest treatments and pesticide concentrations in carpet dust
Treatment | % treated 12 months before dust sampling | % treated 12 months before birth | % agreement between time periods | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Overall (n = 496) | Cases (n = 241) | Controls (n = 255) | Overall (n = 496) | Cases (n = 241) | Controls (n = 255) | Overall (n = 496) |
Insect treatments | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Household | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Ant/Cockroach | 71 | 68 | 74 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 61 |
Lawn/Garden insects | 32 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 81 |
Flying insects | 29 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 77 |
Fleas/Ticks in home | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 89 |
Fleas/Ticks on pets | 25 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 78 |
Carpenter Ants/Termites | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 93 |
Professional | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Professional outdoorb | 28 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 77 |
Professional indoorb | 13 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 86 |
Plant treatments | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Household weeds | 47 | 44 | 49 | 28 | 24 | 31 | 71 |
Professional weedsb | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 90 |
Any treatment | 91 | 91 | 92 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 76 |