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A Critical Scoping Review of Pesticide Exposure Biomonitoring Studies in Overhead Cultures

Authors :
Christian Tobias Willenbockel
Julia Prinz
Stefan Dietrich
Philip Marx-Stoelting
Cornelia Weikert
Tewes Tralau
Lars Niemann
Source :
Toxics, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 170 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

The exposure of operators, workers, residents and bystanders to pesticides is of high potential concern. Yet, reports on pesticide residues in the environment and near treated fields often spark debates if such findings might indicate a health risk. Although the underlying models are considered conservative, there are only limited field data on systemic exposure available. As a first step to improve the situation, we conducted a scoping review of state-of-the-art pesticide exposure biomonitoring studies in operators, workers, residents or bystanders. In contrast to existing reviews, we focused on target cultures of potential high pesticide exposure such as tree-grown produce, vine or hops. The search was conducted in Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed. Out of 17 eligible articles, a total of 11 studies met our search criteria, and 6 of them quantified the systemic exposure of humans. The analysis revealed that exposure was mainly driven by application of pesticides and reentry work, resulting in a higher exposure of operators and workers than of residents and bystanders. In nearly all cases, the systemic exposure was below the relevant toxicological reference values. The studies were subsequently analyzed to identify key criteria for a reliable design of a biomonitoring study on pesticide exposure.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23056304
Volume :
10
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Toxics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8f146405b065419ea808ee04338e53d0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040170