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Human exposure and risk assessment to airborne pesticides in a rural French community

Antonio LópezCorine RobinPatrice ColinClara CoscollàQuentin PoinsignonVicent YusàAbderrazak Yahyaoui

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AdultEnvironmental Engineering010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences010501 environmental sciencesRisk Assessment01 natural sciencesToxicologychemistry.chemical_compoundHumansEnvironmental ChemistryMedicinePesticidesChildWaste Management and Disposal0105 earth and related environmental sciencesExposure assessmentInhalation exposureAir PollutantsInhalation ExposureChlorothalonilbusiness.industryInfantTrifluralinPesticidePollutionHazard quotientPendimethalinchemistryFranceSeasonsLindanebusinessEnvironmental Monitoring

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Abstract 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 1128.38 ng m − 3 ; 0.13 to 117.32 ng m − 3 and 0.16 to 25.80 ng m − 3 for chlorothalonil, pendimethalin and trifluralin, respectively. The estimated chronic inhalation risk, expressed as Hazard Quotient (HQ), for adults, children and infants, was

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2016-09-29Science of The Total Environment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.132