Endosulfan in Wind-Transported African Dust Depositions in Crete

Balayiannis, George; Anastassiadis, Maria; Anagnostopoulos, Helen

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“…Recent evidence has shown that desert dust outbreaks alter particle size distribution as well as their chemical composition [ 9 – 12 ]. This effect depends on several factors such as the dust origin as well as the transportation route until the dust reaches the particular destination.…”

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Desert dust outbreaks and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece

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BackgroundAmbient particulate matter (PM) has an adverse effect on respiratory morbidity. Desert dust outbreaks contribute to increased PM levels but the toxicity of desert dust mixed with anthropogenic pollutants needs clarification.MethodsWe identified 132 days with desert dust episodes and 177 matched days by day of the week, season, temperature and humidity between 2001 and 2006 in Athens, Greece. We collected data on regulated pollutants and daily emergency outpatient visits and admissions for respiratory causes. We applied Poisson regression models adjusting for confounding effects of seasonality, meteorology, holidays and influenza epidemics. We evaluated the sensitivity of our results to co-pollutant exposures and effect modification by age and sex.ResultsA 10 μg/m3 increase in PM10 concentration was associated with 1.95% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.02%, 3.91%) increase in respiratory emergency room visits. No significant interaction with desert dust episodes was observed. Compared with non-dust days, there was a 47% (95% CI: 29%, 68%) increase in visits in dust days not adjusting for PM10. Desert dust days were associated with higher numbers of emergency room visits for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and respiratory infections with increases of 38%, 57% and 60%, respectively (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). Analyses of respiratory hospital admissions provided similar results. PM10 effects decreased when adjusting for desert dust days and were further confounded by co-pollutants.ConclusionsDesert dust episode days are associated with higher respiratory emergency room visits and hospital admissions. This effect is insufficiently explained by increased PM10 levels.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12940-017-0281-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Desert dust outbreaks and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece

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“…Although D-SDME proved to be the method of choice for the multi determinations of pesticide contaminants in honey, HS-SDME could be the method of choice for the selective determination of diazinon in honey. Both diazinon and endosulfan are of the most common insecticides that have been detected in environmental samples [24][25][26] and their occurrence in honey has also been reported in previous studies (Table 1).…”

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Headspace single-drop microextraction of common pesticide contaminants in honey–method development and comparison with other extraction methods

Amvrazi

Martini

Tsiropoulos

2012

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

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In the present study the main factors that may influence the headspace singledrop microextraction (HS-SDME) of common pesticide contaminants (diazinon, lindane, chlorpyrifos ethyl, p,p 0 -DDE, and endosulfan) that may occur in honey were determined and an analytical protocol was further developed by the use of a multivariate optimization. The HS-SDME analytical method developed and two more analytical protocols for the determination of pesticides in honey: (i) by direct SDME (D-SDME), and (ii) by liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), were further validated for the determination of target analytes. The three methods were also applied in the same real honey samples and results were further discussed. By D-SDME, LODs ranged from 0.04 mg kg À1 for -endosulfan to 2.40 mg kg À1 for diazinon and repeatability expressed as %RSD from 3 for lindane to 15 for diazinon and chlorpyrifos methyl; by HS-SDME, LODs ranged from 0.07 mg kg À1 for p,p 0 -DDE to 12.54 mg kg À1 for chlorpyrifos methyl and repeatability expressed as %RSD from 11 for chlorpyrifos methyl to 19 for p,p 0 -DDE; by LLE, LODs ranged from 0.09 mg kg À1 for -endosulfan to 19.31 mg kg À1 for diazinon and repeatability expressed as %RSD from 6 for p,p 0 -DDE to 11 for lindane. For all target pesticides but p,p 0 -DDE that could not be recovered by D-SDME method tested. The proposed HS-SDME optimized in this study was shown to be the method of choice for the determination of diazinon in honey whereas the most favourable analytical characteristics from the comparative study performed were achieved by D-SDME.

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“…Moreover, this transport pathway is often considered irrelevant, even by authorities (Huber et al, 2000;U.S.EPA, 1993). Nevertheless, studies have proven that wind erosion plays a role on the off-site transport of pesticides into the environment, particularly those with high affinity to the particle phase (Aparicio et al, 2018;Balayiannis et al, 2009;Cessna et al, 2006;Clay et al, 2001;Larney et al, 1999).…”

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Glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) behavior in loess soils and off‐site transport risk assessment

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Endosulfan in Wind-Transported African Dust Depositions in Crete

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Desert dust outbreaks and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece

Desert dust outbreaks and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece

Headspace single-drop microextraction of common pesticide contaminants in honey–method development and comparison with other extraction methods

Glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) behavior in loess soils and off‐site transport risk assessment

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