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Silva V, Alaoui A, Schlünssen V, Vested A, Graumans M, van Dael M, Trevisan M, Suciu N, Mol H, Beekmann K, Figueiredo D, Harkes P, Hofman J, Kandeler E, Abrantes N, Campos I, Martínez MÁ, Pereira JL, Goossens D, Gandrass J, Debler F, Lwanga EH, Jonker M, van Langevelde F, Sorensen MT, Wells JM, Boekhorst J, Huss A, Mandrioli D, Sgargi D, Nathanail P, Nathanail J, Tamm L, Fantke P, Mark J, Grovermann C, Frelih-Larsen A, Herb I, Chivers CA, Mills J, Alcon F, Contreras J, Baldi I, Pasković I, Matjaz G, Norgaard T, Aparicio V, Ritsema CJ, Geissen V, Scheepers PTJ. Collection of human and environmental data on pesticide use in Europe and Argentina: Field study protocol for the SPRINT project. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259748. [PMID: 34780516 PMCID: PMC8592492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Current farm systems rely on the use of Plant Protection Products (PPP) to secure high productivity and control threats to the quality of the crops. However, PPP use may have considerable impacts on human health and the environment. A study protocol is presented aiming to determine the occurrence and levels of PPP residues in plants (crops), animals (livestock), humans and other non-target species (ecosystem representatives) for exposure modelling and impact assessment. To achieve this, we designed a cross-sectional study to compare conventional and organic farm systems across Europe. Environmental and biological samples were/are being/will be collected during the 2021 growing season, at 10 case study sites in Europe covering a range of climate zones and crops. An additional study site in Argentina will inform the impact of PPP use on growing soybean which is an important European protein-source in animal feed. We will study the impact of PPP mixtures using an integrated risk assessment methodology. The fate of PPP in environmental media (soil, water and air) and in the homes of farmers will be monitored. This will be complemented by biomonitoring to estimate PPP uptake by humans and farm animals (cow, goat, sheep and chicken), and by collection of samples from non-target species (earthworms, fish, aquatic and terrestrial macroinvertebrates, bats, and farm cats). We will use data on PPP residues in environmental and biological matrices to estimate exposures by modelling. These exposure estimates together with health and toxicity data will be used to predict the impact of PPP use on environment, plant, animal and human health. The outcome of this study will then be integrated with socio-economic information leading to an overall assessment used to identify transition pathways towards more sustainable plant protection and inform decision makers, practitioners and other stakeholders regarding farming practices and land use policy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vera Silva
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Abdallah Alaoui
- Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
| | - Vivi Schlünssen
- Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Anne Vested
- Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Martien Graumans
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - Maurice van Dael
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - Marco Trevisan
- Department for Sustainable Food Process (DISTAS), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
| | - Nicoleta Suciu
- Department for Sustainable Food Process (DISTAS), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
| | - Hans Mol
- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Karsten Beekmann
- Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Daniel Figueiredo
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - Paula Harkes
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Jakub Hofman
- Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
| | - Ellen Kandeler
- Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Department, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
| | - Nelson Abrantes
- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| | - Isabel Campos
- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| | - María Ángeles Martínez
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas–CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
| | - Joana Luísa Pereira
- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
| | - Dirk Goossens
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
- KU Leuven Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geo-institute, Celestijnenlaan, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Juergen Gandrass
- Institute of Coastal Environmental Chemistry, Organic Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany
| | - Freya Debler
- Institute of Coastal Environmental Chemistry, Organic Environmental Chemistry, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany
| | - Esperanza Huerta Lwanga
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | | | - Frank van Langevelde
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | | | - Jerry M. Wells
- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Jos Boekhorst
- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Anke Huss
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - Daniele Mandrioli
- Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Bologna, Italy
| | - Daria Sgargi
- Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Bologna, Italy
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- Research Institute of Organic Agriculture—FIBL, Frick, Switzerland
| | - Peter Fantke
- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
| | - Jennifer Mark
- Research Institute of Organic Agriculture—FIBL, Frick, Switzerland
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- Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
| | - Jane Mills
- Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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- INSERM U1219, EPICENE Team, Bordeaux University, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
| | - Igor Pasković
- Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Department of Agriculture and Nutrition, Poreč, Croatia
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - Trine Norgaard
- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Virginia Aparicio
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria—INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Coen J. Ritsema
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
| | - Violette Geissen
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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