Pesticide exposure in dwellings near bulb growing fields in The Netherlands: an explorative study

• Autorzy: Hogenkamp A. , Vaal M. , Heederik D.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

An explorative field study was conducted to assess residential exposure to pesticides, regularly applied in bulb farming. House dust floor samples were taken from homes of bulb farmers (n = 12) and from homes in close proximity to a bulb field (i.e. non-farmers) (n = 15). Samples were analysed for 7 pesticides used by bulb growers in the sampling period. Of these pesticides, chloropropham, flutolanil and vinchlozolin could be detected in non-farmers homes. All pesticides were detected in farmers' homes, except metamitron. Median concentrations for chloropropham were significantly higher in farmers' homes (0.05 vs. 0.20 µg/m2, p = 0.03). Logistic regression analyses showed that the odds for detecting pesticides were higher in farmers' compared to non-farmers' homes and remained higher after correction for potential confounders. Results showed no significant effect of proximity of a residence to a bulb field for median concentrations of pesticides; however, logistic regression analysis showed a borderline statistically significant effect for detecting chloropropham above the detection limit (OR = 10, p = 0.08). These findings demonstrate that, as expected, risk of exposure is higher for bulb farmers than for non-farmers. They also indicate that exposure to pesticides is not limited to bulb farmers only, and this warrants further investigation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

fungicide; Netherlands,The; environmental exposure; agriculture; pesticide; herbicide; dust

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: 11
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.149-153,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Hogenkamp A.

• Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands

autor

Vaal M.

autor

Heederik D.

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