Title
Exposure assessment of 170 pesticide ingredients and derivative metabolites in people from the Central Andes of Peru
Date Issued
01 December 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Université de Toulouse
International Joint Laboratory of Molecular Anthropological Oncology
Université de Toulouse
Abstract
The Central Andes of Peru are a region of great concern regarding pesticide risk to the health of local communities. Therefore, we conducted an observational study to assess the level of pesticide contamination among Andean people. Analytical chemistry methods were used to measure the concentrations of 170 pesticide-related compounds in hair samples from 50 adult Andean subjects living in rural and urban areas. As part of the study, a questionnaire was administered to the subjects to collect information regarding factors that increase the risk of pesticide exposure. Our results indicate that Andean people are strongly exposed to agrochemicals, being contaminated with a wide array of pesticide-related compounds at high concentration levels. Multivariate analyses and geostatistical modeling identified sociodemographic factors associated with rurality and food origin that increase pesticide exposure risk. The present study represents the first comprehensive investigation of pesticide-related compounds detected in body samples collected from people living in the Central Andes of Peru. Our findings pinpoint an alarming environmental situation that threatens human health in the region and provide a rationale for improving public policies to protect local communities.
Volume
12
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85135550415
PubMed ID
Source
Scientific Reports
Source project
Obtención de polímeros biodegradables comestibles a partir de piel de pescado con propiedades bioactivas y su utilización como coating en productos pesqueros para incrementar su periodo de vida útil.
Sponsor(s)
Funding text 1 We are grateful to all the participants, whose contributions were essential to the achievement of the study. We thank the staff of the Cancer Research Biobank of the National Cancer Institute of Peru (INEN) for their technical support and acknowledge Guillaume Marti from the Metatoul-Agronomix platform (MetaboHUB) and Michel Sauvain from the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) for their critical discussions. This research has received funding from the International Joint Laboratories programme of IRD and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (grant agreement 823935).
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