Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment
Unsafe pesticide handling practices with the limited use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the Indian farming groups lead to an increased risk of exposure to pesticides. Therefore, a community-based follow-up study based on dosimeters, wipes, and hand-wash technique was carried out to evalua...
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| author | Summaiya Lari Summaiya Lari Janardhan Vanka Babban Jee Arun Pandiyan Praveen Yamagani Senthil Balakrishnan Kumar Mohan Naidu Padmaja Jonnalagadda |
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| description | Unsafe pesticide handling practices with the limited use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the Indian farming groups lead to an increased risk of exposure to pesticides. Therefore, a community-based follow-up study based on dosimeters, wipes, and hand-wash technique was carried out to evaluate the dermal exposure to pesticides and to analyze the impact of the usage of PPE on minimizing the exposure among the farmworkers of Rangareddy district, Telangana, India. Risk in terms of hazard quotient (HQ), hazard index (HI), and safety analysis as margins of safety was assessed. Farmworkers averaged 18 years of farming experience and showed resistance to adopting good agricultural practices. Ten pesticide residues were detected in concentrations ranging from 0.000 to 246 mg ml−1 in hand-wash, 0.000 to 198.33 ng cm−2 in patch dosimeter, and 0.000 to 1,740 ng cm−2 in wipe samples collected from farmworkers not using PPE. The second phase includes the intervention study results that revealed a significant reduction both in the concentrations and the number of pesticide residues detected in the hand-wash, patch, and wipe samples of the farmworkers who have used the PPE provided to them (p < 0.01). Furthermore, the probabilistic health risk assessment in terms of the HQ values ranged from 0.02 to 1029.82, and HI was >1, suggesting the non-carcinogenic risks associated with dermal exposure to pesticides among them. Additionally, the safety risk assessment in terms of the margin of safety suggests that they follow risky handling practices. The study confirms that farmworkers are exposed to pesticides and emphasizes the significance of using PPE in reducing the risk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e73d445c3534068a8a764c67a91d8fc2023-08-31T19:58:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-08-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.12321491232149Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipmentSummaiya Lari0Summaiya Lari1Janardhan Vanka2Babban Jee3Arun Pandiyan4Praveen Yamagani5Senthil Balakrishnan Kumar6Mohan Naidu7Padmaja Jonnalagadda8ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, IndiaICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaDepartment of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, IndiaICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaUnsafe pesticide handling practices with the limited use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the Indian farming groups lead to an increased risk of exposure to pesticides. Therefore, a community-based follow-up study based on dosimeters, wipes, and hand-wash technique was carried out to evaluate the dermal exposure to pesticides and to analyze the impact of the usage of PPE on minimizing the exposure among the farmworkers of Rangareddy district, Telangana, India. Risk in terms of hazard quotient (HQ), hazard index (HI), and safety analysis as margins of safety was assessed. Farmworkers averaged 18 years of farming experience and showed resistance to adopting good agricultural practices. Ten pesticide residues were detected in concentrations ranging from 0.000 to 246 mg ml−1 in hand-wash, 0.000 to 198.33 ng cm−2 in patch dosimeter, and 0.000 to 1,740 ng cm−2 in wipe samples collected from farmworkers not using PPE. The second phase includes the intervention study results that revealed a significant reduction both in the concentrations and the number of pesticide residues detected in the hand-wash, patch, and wipe samples of the farmworkers who have used the PPE provided to them (p < 0.01). Furthermore, the probabilistic health risk assessment in terms of the HQ values ranged from 0.02 to 1029.82, and HI was >1, suggesting the non-carcinogenic risks associated with dermal exposure to pesticides among them. Additionally, the safety risk assessment in terms of the margin of safety suggests that they follow risky handling practices. The study confirms that farmworkers are exposed to pesticides and emphasizes the significance of using PPE in reducing the risk.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1232149/fulloccupational dermal exposurehand-washpatch dosimeterwipe sampleshealth risk assessmentsafety analysis |
| spellingShingle | Summaiya Lari Summaiya Lari Janardhan Vanka Babban Jee Arun Pandiyan Praveen Yamagani Senthil Balakrishnan Kumar Mohan Naidu Padmaja Jonnalagadda Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment Frontiers in Public Health occupational dermal exposure hand-wash patch dosimeter wipe samples health risk assessment safety analysis |
| title | Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment |
| title_full | Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment |
| title_fullStr | Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment |
| title_short | Mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment |
| title_sort | mitigation of pesticide residue levels in the exposed dermal regions of occupationally exposed farmworkers by use of personal protective equipment |
| topic | occupational dermal exposure hand-wash patch dosimeter wipe samples health risk assessment safety analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1232149/full |
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