1. Elemental plasma content and urinary excretion in vineyard farmers occupationally exposed to pesticides in southern Brazil
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Lucilena R. Monteiro, Raul Gomes Aguera, Danielle Hoeltgebaum, Samuel Botião Nerilo, Tatiana Pedron, Miguel Machinski Junior, Silvia Capelari, Renata Sano Lini, Fernanda Pollo Paniz, Magda Lúcia Félix de Oliveira, Simone Aparecida Galerani Mossini, and Bruno Lemos Batista
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inorganic chemicals ,Farms ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Urine ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Vineyard ,Humans ,Environmental Chemistry ,Ecotoxicology ,Pesticides ,Arsenic ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Cadmium ,Farmers ,General Medicine ,Pesticide ,Pollution ,Trace Elements ,Mercury (element) ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,Environmental science ,Brazil ,Selenium - Abstract
This is a cross-sectional study with data and biological material collection from vineyard farmers in southern Brazil. An interview was carried out through a questionnaire developed according to the reference guide of the state government. Plasma and urine samples were screened for Aluminum, Chromium, Manganese, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc, Arsenic, Selenium, Cadmium, Antimony, Barium, Mercury, Lead and Uranium, with a technique for fast determination of these elemental contents in biological material utilizing dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled mass spectrometry. Principal component analysis was used to identify associations between these elemental contents in biological samples and the information obtained from the interviews. The farmers showed some trace elements in plasma and urine at a higher concentration than unexposed populations from other studies. This study highlights recent findings of trace elements in biological material and their association with characteristics of pesticide use. In addition, it also contributes to the gap in the literature regarding trace elements content in plasma and urine of workers exposed to pesticides.
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- 2021