BOULANGER, Mathilde; DE GRAAF, Lucie; PONS, Romain; BOUCHART, Valérie; BUREAU, Mathilde; LECLUSE, Yannick; MERYET-FIGUIERE, Matthieu; TUAL, Séverine; BALDI, Isabelle; LEBAILLY, Pierre

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BOULANGER, Mathilde
Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer François Baclesse [Caen] [UNICANCER/CRLC]
Unité de recherche interdisciplinaire pour la prévention et le traitement des cancers [ANTICIPE]

DE GRAAF, Lucie

Bordeaux population health [BPH]

PONS, Romain
Unité de recherche interdisciplinaire pour la prévention et le traitement des cancers [ANTICIPE]

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Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2023-10-01, vol. 67, n° 8, p. wxad045

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Context: There is a lack of data on pesticide exposure levels during spraying with a knapsack, while it could have important implications for their users’ health. Methods: We assessed levels and determinants of exposure in 24 male private landscapers/gardeners and municipal workers in France in 2011. Actual dermal exposure to glyphosate was assessed with cotton undergarments and gloves, and a cotton coverall changed between mixing and spraying to assess the contribution of each phase and body area to overall contamination. A field monitor observed the whole workshift and filled in a standardized observation grid. Results: The median actual contamination was 5,256 µg for the body, and 4,620 µg for hands. Spraying was more exposing than mixing/loading for all body parts except hands, which contributed to nearly 90% of body exposure during mixing/loading, and 30% during spraying, followed by back (14%). In the most exposed quartile, levels were close to some observations in agriculture. Conclusion: Our study provides new data on pesticide exposure levels of knapsack sprayer users; it should lead to a reinforced prevention, in order to make exposures as low as possible and lessen the risk of chronic diseases.< Réduire

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exposure modeling

field study

glyphosate

greenspace workers

knapsack spraying

occupational exposure.

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Herbicide exposure during occupational knapsack spraying in French gardeners and municipal workers

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