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Hair analysis used to assess chronic exposure to the organophosphate diazinon: a model study with rabbits

Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Voutes, Heraklion, 714 09 Crete, Greece aris{at}med.uoc.gr

Andreas K Tsakalof

Aristidis M Tsatsakis

Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Voutes, Heraklion, 714 09 Crete, Greece

The main purpose of the present study was to determine whether hair analysis would be a suitable method to assess chronic exposure of rabbits to the pesticide diazinon. A controlled study was designed, in which white rabbits of the New Zealand variety were systemically exposed to two dosage levels (15 mg/kg per day and 8 mg/kg per day) of the pesticide, through their drinking water, for a period of 4 months. Hair samples from the back of the rabbits were removed before commencing the experiment and at the end of the dosing period. Parallel experiments with spiked hair were carried out in order to design a simple and efficient method of extraction of diazinon from hair. The hair was pulverized in a ball mill homogenizer, incubated in methanol at 378C overnight, liquid-liquid extracted with ethyl acetate and measured by chromatography techniques (GC-NPD and GC-MS) for confirmation. The concentration of the diazinon in the hair of the exposed animals ranged from 0.11 to 0.26 ng/ mg hair. It was concluded that there is a relationship between the administered dose and the detected pesticide concentration in hair. Finally, it seems that hair analysis may be used to investigate chronic exposure to the pesticide.

Key Words: chronic exposure • diazinon • GC-NPD • GC-MS • hair

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 22, No. 3, 159-164 (2003)
DOI: 10.1191/0960327103ht334oa


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