Measuring OPs in blood
It is "understood' that since organophosphates (OPs) are not persistent they would be excreted through urine and hence should be monitored in urinary samples. But presence of OPs in blood means that they do persist in the body for a good amount of time. It also indicates the presence, in the body, of the pesticide in its form as a primary compound, not as a metabolite.
Denise Wessels and others write in their paper "Use of Biomarkers to indicate exposure of children to organophosphate pesticides: Implications for a longitudinal study of children's environmental health'
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