Human exposure and risk assessment to airborne pesticides in a rural French community.
Outdoor air samples collected during the pesticide agricultural application period (spring and summer) from a rural community in the Centre Region (France) were analyzed to investigate temporal variation of atmospheric pesticide levels (2006-2013) and human inhalation exposure in adults, children and infants. The most frequently detected pesticides were herbicides (trifluralin, pendimethalin), fungicides (chlorothalonil) and insecticides (lindane and α-endosulfan). The three currently-used pesticides most frequently detected presented concentrations ranging from 0.18 to 1128.38ngm-3; 0.13 to 117.32ngm-3and 0.16 to 25.80ngm-3for chlorothalonil, pendimethalin and trifluralin, respectively. The estimated chronic inhalation risk, expressed as Hazard Quotient (HQ), for adults, children and infants, was <1 for all measured pesticides. Likewise, the cumulative exposure for detected organophosphorus and chloroacetamide pesticides, was estimated using the Relative Potency Factor (RPF) and Hazard Index (HI) as metrics, which was indicated that no risk was observed. The cancer risk classified as likely or possibly carcinogen was estimated to be <8.93 E-05 in infants, for the detected pesticides.
Public Health Laboratory of Valencia-FISABIO, 21, Avenida Catalunya, 46020 Valencia, Spain; Atmospheric Pesticide Research Group of Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: coscolla_cla@gva.es.
Clara
C
Coscollà
Public Health Laboratory of Valencia-FISABIO, 21, Avenida Catalunya, 46020 Valencia, Spain; Analytical Chemistry Department, Universit of Valencia, Edifici Jeroni Muñoz, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain; Atmospheric Pesticide Research Group of Valencia, Spain.
Antonio
A
López
LIG'AIR-Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air en Région Centre, 3, rue du Carbone, 45100 Orléans, France.
Abderrazak
A
Yahyaoui
LIG'AIR-Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air en Région Centre, 3, rue du Carbone, 45100 Orléans, France,. Electronic address: colin@ligair.fr.
Patrice
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Colin
LIG'AIR-Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air en Région Centre, 3, rue du Carbone, 45100 Orléans, France.
Corine
C
Robin
LIG'AIR-Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air en Région Centre, 3, rue du Carbone, 45100 Orléans, France.
Quentin
Q
Poinsignon
Public Health Laboratory of Valencia-FISABIO, 21, Avenida Catalunya, 46020 Valencia, Spain; Analytical Chemistry Department, Universit of Valencia, Edifici Jeroni Muñoz, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain; Atmospheric Pesticide Research Group of Valencia, Spain.
Vicent
V
Yusà
D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012621:Seasons
D000393:Air Pollutants; D010575:Pesticides
Atmospheric concentrations; Exposure assessment; Pesticides; Risk assessment