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Why is urinalysis a good way to analyze exposure?

April 26, 2017analyze exposure good urinalysis

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Why is urinalysis a good way to analyze exposure?

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The pesticides included in this study are are excreted largely in urine, either as the parent compound (glyphosate and 2,4-D) or as a metabolite (chlorpyrifos). Therefore, the concentration in urine allows for the determination of the amount of pesticide that people actually absorbed. In addition, the collection of urine is a non-invasive procedure, unlike collecting blood or skin samples.