The Agricultural Health Study (AHS)
program staff is requesting approval of this revision to add a new
dust specimen component to the ongoing Agricultural Health Study
(AHS). AHS is a cohort study of 89,568 licensed pesticide
applicators (both private and commercial applicators)and the
spouses of the private applicators in Iowa and North Carolina that
is to be followed for 20 years or more. The primary objective of
the AHS study remains to be determination of the health effects
resulting from occupational and environmental exposures in
agriculture. This revision is to initiate and complete a new dust
specimen component as part of the ongoing Study of Biomarkers of
Exposures and Effects in Agriculture (BEEA). The dust component
will include a brief paper-and-pen questionnaire mailed to the
participant in advance of the home visit. At the home visit, the
study phlebotomist will collect the participant's disposable vacuum
bag (or empty the dust from vacuums without disposable bags). We
are using similar procedures to ones that have been employed on
other NCI studies to obtain information about the dust specimen and
to collect and ship the dust specimen.
US Code:
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USC 285l Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.