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title: "Pesticides: exposure limits and sampling — Analyt-MTC"
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Hazard search

# Pesticides

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Carbamates · Chlorophenols · Organochlorines · Organophosphates · Pyrethrins · Triazines · Ureas

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 94/2** / Pesticides by GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs94-2.pdf) | Active (pump) | Glass fibre filter (with Tenax tube, 30/15mg, for some compounds) |  | [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-58F](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/glass-fibre-depth-filters/#part-225-58f) / [226-35](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35) |
| **NIOSH 5600** / Organophosphorus pesticides by GC-FPD / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/5600-F.pdf) | Active (pump) | OVS-2 tube with quartz filter |  | [226-58](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-osha-versatile-sampler-ovs-tubes/#part-226-58) |
| **NIOSH 5601** / Organonitrogen pesticides by HPLC/UV / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/5601.pdf) | Active (pump) | OVS-2 tube with quartz or GF filter |  | [226-58](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-osha-versatile-sampler-ovs-tubes/#part-226-58) / [226-30-16](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-osha-versatile-sampler-ovs-tubes/#part-226-30-16) |
| **ASTM D4861-23** / Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Air / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.astm.org/d4861-23.html) | Active (pump) | Low Volume PUF Tube |  | [226-92](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-92) / [226-124](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-124) |
| **EPA IP-8** / Organo-chlorine pesticides by GC-ECD / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/airtox.html) | Active (pump) | PUF tube | GC-ECD | [226-92](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-92) / [226-124](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-124) |
| **EPA TO-4A** / Pesticides & PCBs / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/files/ambient/airtox/to-4ar2r.pdf) | Active (pump) | PUF tube and quartz filter |  | [226-131](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-131) / 225-1821 |
| **EPA TO-10A** / Pesticides & PCBs by GC-ECD / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/files/ambient/airtox/to-10ar.pdf) | Active (pump) | PUF tube | GC-ECD | [226-92](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-92) / [226-124](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-124) |

Methods and limits as published by their agencies and summarised by SKC; check the current method and the limit that applies to you before sampling.

Source: [SKC Ltd (UK), Hazard Search, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.skcltd.com/hazard-search.html); [SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://international.skcinc.com/sampling-guides/)