Aerospace Toxicology Overview: Aerial Application and Cabin Air Quality - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - page 15

Aerospace Toxicology Overview:
Aerial Application and Cabin Air Quality*

Arvind K. Chaturvedi

Contents
1 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 16

2 Agricultural Aviation ........................................................................................................ 17

2.1 Application of Chemicals in Agriculture................................................................. 17

2.2 Pesticidal Toxicology and Agricultural Aviation..................................................... 17

2.3 Exposure to Multiagricultural Chemicals and Organic Solvents/Surfactants.......... 18

2.4 Aerial Application Safety ........................................................................................ 20

2.5 Agricultural Chemical Exposure Monitoring .......................................................... 20

3 Cabin Air Contamination.................................................................................................. 20

3.1 Aviation Cabin Air Quality...................................................................................... 20

3.2 Harmful Effects of Aircraft Cabin Air..................................................................... 25

3.3 Possible Toxicants in Space Vehicle Cabin Air ....................................................... 27

3.4 Fumes/Smoke in Aircraft Cabins: Analysis and Effects.......................................... 28

4 Summary ........................................................................................................................... 33

References............................................................................................................................... 34

* This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the US Department of Transportation in
the interest of information exchange. The US Government assumes no liability for the contents or
use thereof. The work included in this paper is performed by a US employee as part of his oficial
duty. Under the oficial duty, this paper has also been produced as a section of an internal technical
report of the Ofice of Aerospace Medicine, Federal Aviation Administration, US Department of
Transportation (DOT/FAA/AM-09/8) (Chaturvedi 2009 ). A part of this study was presented at the
80th Annual Scientiic Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association held during 3-7 May 2009
in Los Angeles, CA.