TY - JOUR
T1 - Pesticide detection in air samples from contrasted houses and in their inhabitants' hair
AU - Raeppel, Caroline
AU - Salquèbre, Guillaume
AU - Millet, Maurice
AU - Appenzeller, Brice M.R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The regional research program R.E.A.LI.SE, the “Région Alsace”, the ERICHE program from CNRS and the ANSES are gratefully acknowledged for their financial support. Caroline RAEPPEL wants to particularly thank the ADEME for their support of a Ph.D grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016/2/15
Y1 - 2016/2/15
N2 - In order to identify associations between indoor air contamination and human exposure to pesticides, hair samples from 14 persons (9 adults and 5 children below 12. years) were collected simultaneously with the air of their 5 contrasted houses. Three houses were situated in Alsace (France), one in Lorraine (France) and one in Luxembourg (Luxembourg). Houses were located in urban (n = 3), semi-urban (n = 1) and rural areas (n = 1). Twenty five (25) pesticides were detected at least once in indoor air samples and 20 pesticides were detected at least once in hair samples. The comparison between hair and air samples for the same sampling periods shows that pesticides detected in the two matrices were not necessarily associated. Exposure profiles varied from one home to another but also between inhabitants of the same home, suggesting that exposure can be different between inhabitants of the same home. This study demonstrated the usefulness and the complementarity of hair analysis, for the personalized biomonitoring of people exposure to pesticides, and air analysis, for the identification of airborne exposure and house contamination.
AB - In order to identify associations between indoor air contamination and human exposure to pesticides, hair samples from 14 persons (9 adults and 5 children below 12. years) were collected simultaneously with the air of their 5 contrasted houses. Three houses were situated in Alsace (France), one in Lorraine (France) and one in Luxembourg (Luxembourg). Houses were located in urban (n = 3), semi-urban (n = 1) and rural areas (n = 1). Twenty five (25) pesticides were detected at least once in indoor air samples and 20 pesticides were detected at least once in hair samples. The comparison between hair and air samples for the same sampling periods shows that pesticides detected in the two matrices were not necessarily associated. Exposure profiles varied from one home to another but also between inhabitants of the same home, suggesting that exposure can be different between inhabitants of the same home. This study demonstrated the usefulness and the complementarity of hair analysis, for the personalized biomonitoring of people exposure to pesticides, and air analysis, for the identification of airborne exposure and house contamination.
KW - Air analysis
KW - Exposure
KW - Hair analysis
KW - Indoor environment
KW - Pesticide
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.020
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 26706757
AN - SCOPUS:84954148071
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 544
SP - 845
EP - 852
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
ER -