Assessment of field re-entry exposure to pesticides: A dislodgeable foliar residue study

Konstantinos M Kasiotis; Angelos N Tsakirakis; C Richard Glass; Agathi N Charistou; Pelagia Anastassiadou; Rianda Gerritsen-Ebben; Kyriaki Machera

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.016

Assessment of field re-entry exposure to pesticides: A dislodgeable foliar residue study

Sci Total Environ. 2017 Oct 15:596-597:178-186. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.016. Epub 2017 Apr 19.

Authors

Konstantinos M Kasiotis¹, Angelos N Tsakirakis², C Richard Glass³, Agathi N Charistou², Pelagia Anastassiadou², Rianda Gerritsen-Ebben⁴, Kyriaki Machera⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Pesticides' Toxicology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Str., Kifissia, 14561 Athens, Greece. Electronic address: K.Kasiotis@bpi.gr.
² Laboratory of Pesticides' Toxicology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Str., Kifissia, 14561 Athens, Greece.
³ Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK.
⁴ TNO, Department Risk Analysis for Products in Development (RAPID), P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands.
⁵ Laboratory of Pesticides' Toxicology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 St. Delta Str., Kifissia, 14561 Athens, Greece. Electronic address: k.machera@bpi.gr.

PMID: 28432907
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.016

Abstract

A dislodgeable foliar residue study was conducted in greenhouse pepper and tomato on the island of Crete, Greece, following the spray application of an SC insecticide (with active substance (a.s.) tebufenozide) and an EC fungicide (a.s. bupirimate). Furthermore, for the assessment of worker exposure to pesticides - as a result of re-entering the treated crops - a worker dermal exposure study was carried out during the tasks of tying or pruning, which allowed the transfer coefficient values for the specific tasks to be determined. Pesticide residues were analysed with an in house developed and fully validated HPLC-ESI/MS analytical method. The results from the study resulted in transfer coefficient values which were in agreement with current EFSA guideline values in most of the cases with the exception of bupirimate in a tomato greenhouse. In that case, high potential dermal exposure and low dislodgeable foliar residue values were observed, which is thought to be due to the moist leaves collected during sampling and monitoring, which led to greater than expected transfer coefficient values.

Keywords: Dislodgeable foliar residue; Greenhouse; HPLC-MS; Re-entry; Transfer coefficient; Worker exposure.