Non-dietary personal pesticide exposure using silicone wristbands across 10 European countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00142383" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142383 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025004854?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025004854?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109734" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envint.2025.109734</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Non-dietary personal pesticide exposure using silicone wristbands across 10 European countries
Original language description
Individuals are exposed to pesticides via dietary and non-dietary exposure routes. There is a growing need for aggregated exposure estimates across occupationally and non-occupationally exposed populations. Exposure to current-use and legacy pesticides was studied using silicone wristbands worn by farmers, residents living close to treated fields (neighbors), and the general population (consumers), in total, 641 participants across 10 European countries. Wristband extracts were analyzed for 193 pesticides by targeted Liquid and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Information on exposure predictors, such as frequency of cleaning, was collected by questionnaire. Logistic regressions and multivariable generalized least squares models were used to study predictors of pesticide occurrence and concentrations, respectively. We detected 173 out of 193 pesticides (89 %) across all samples. Per wristband 9 - 74 (median of 36) pesticides were detected in conventional farmers (FC), 8 - 66 (median of 20) in organic farmers, 3 - 66 (median of 20) in neighbors and 2 - 54 (median of 17) in consumers. Insecticides, like permethrin and chlorpyrifos, were commonly detected across all groups (>85 %). Concentrations varied significantly across groups, with the highest levels often observed in FC. We identified pesticide use and having pets as important predictors of personal non-dietary exposure. Mixture analysis revealed one major combination (in 72 % of all samples) of three insecticides, namely permethrin, chlorpyrifos, DDE p,p', and the synergist piperonyl butoxide. This study highlights that farm workers using a conventional farming system are a highly exposed group. It is unclear what the identified prevalent mixtures mean for cumulative exposure and resulting health risks.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
ISSN
0160-4120
e-ISSN
1873-6750
Volume of the periodical
203
Issue of the periodical within the volume
September 2025
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
001560785300002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105013635085