1. Assessment of exposure to pesticide mixtures in five European countries by a harmonized urinary suspect screening approach
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Ottenbros, Ilse, Lebret, Erik, Huber, Carolin, Lommen, Arjen, Antignac, Jean-Philippe, Čupr, Pavel, Šulc, Libor, Mikeš, Ondřej, Szigeti, Tamás, Középesy, Szilvia, Martinsone, Inese, Martinsone, Zanna, Akulova, Lasma, Pardo, Olga, Fernández, Sandra F, Coscollá, Clara, Pedraza-Diaz, Susana, Krauss, Martin, Debrauwer, Laurent, Wagner, Kévin, Nijssen, Rosalie, Mol, Hans, Vitale, Chiara Maria, Klanova, Jana, Molina, Borja Garlito, León, Nuria, Vermeulen, Roel, Luijten, Mirjam, Vlaanderen, Jelle, IRAS OH Epidemiology Chemical Agents, IRAS OH Epidemiology Microbial Agents, Unión Europea. Comisión Europea. H2020, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (República Checa), IRAS OH Epidemiology Chemical Agents, IRAS OH Epidemiology Microbial Agents, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment [Bilthoven] (RIVM), Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences [Utrecht, The Netherlands] (IRAS), Utrecht University [Utrecht], Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), Laboratoire d'étude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments (LABERCA), École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment [Brno] (RECETOX / MUNI), Faculty of Science [Brno] (SCI / MUNI), Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI)-Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), National center for public health [Hungary], Riga Stradins University (RSU), Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana [Espagne] (FISABIO), Institute of Health Carlos III, Metatoul AXIOM (E20 ), MetaboHUB-MetaToul, MetaboHUB-Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-MetaboHUB-Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-ToxAlim (ToxAlim), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan (INP - PURPAN), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan (INP - PURPAN), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), ToxAlim (ToxAlim), Universitat Jaume I, Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory [RIVM], This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 733032 HBM4EU, No 857560and No 857340. P.Č. O.M. & L.Š. acknowledge the RECETOX research infrastructure supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (LM2018121) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_043/0009632)., and European Project: 733032,H2020,HBM4EU(2017)
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Adult ,HBM4EU ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Agriculture ,Chlorpropham ,Environmental Exposure ,Suspect screening ,Correlation patterns ,Team Pesticides 2 ,Pesticide exposure ,Europe ,Mixtures ,Co-occurrence ,Humans ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Pesticides ,Biomarkers ,VLAG - Abstract
Humans are exposed to a mixture of pesticides through diet as well as through the environment. We conducted a suspect-screening based study to describe the probability of (concomitant) exposure to a set of pesticide profiles in five European countries (Latvia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Spain and the Netherlands). We explored whether living in an agricultural area (compared to living in a peri-urban area), being a a child (compared to being an adult), and the season in which the urine sample was collected had an impact on the probability of detection of pesticides (-metabolites). In total 2088 urine samples were collected from 1050 participants (525 parent-child pairs) and analyzed through harmonized suspect screening by five different laboratories. Fourty pesticide biomarkers (either pesticide metabolites or the parent pesticides as such) relating to 29 pesticides were identified at high levels of confidence in samples across all study sites. Most frequently detected were biomarkers related to the parent pesticides acetamiprid and chlorpropham. Other biomarkers with high detection rates in at least four countries related to the parent pesticides boscalid, fludioxonil, pirimiphos-methyl, pyrimethanil, clothianidin, fluazifop and propamocarb. In 84% of the samples at least two different pesticides were detected. The median number of detected pesticides in the urine samples was 3, and the maximum was 13 pesticides detected in a single sample. The most frequently co-occurring substances were acetamiprid with chlorpropham (in 62 urine samples), and acetamiprid with tebuconazole (30 samples). Some variation in the probability of detection of pesticides (-metabolites) was observed with living in an agricultural area or season of urine sampling, though no consistent patterns were observed. We did observe differences in the probability of detection of a pesticide (metabolite) among children compared to adults, suggesting a different exposure and/or elimination patterns between adults and children. This survey demonstrates the feasibility of conducting a harmonized pan-European sample collection, combined with suspect screening to provide insight in the presence of exposure to pesticide mixtures in the European population, including agricultural areas. Future improvements could come from improved (harmonized) quantification of pesticide levels. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 733032 HBM4EU, No 857560 and No 857340. P.C., O.M. & L.S. acknowledge the RECETOX research infrastructure supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (LM2018121) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_043/0009632). This publication reflects only the author’s view and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. BG was supported by the Margarita Salas postdoctoral contract MGS/2021/25 (UP2021-021) financed by the European UnionNextGenerationEU. Sí
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