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- Title
Exposure of Male Farmers and Nonfarmers to Neonicotinoid Pesticides in the South‐West and Littoral Regions of Cameroon: A Comparative Study.
- Authors
Manfo, Faustin Pascal Tsagué; Nimako, Collins; Nantia, Edouard Akono; Suh, Christian Fusi; Chenwi, Shu Policap; Cho‐Ngwa, Fidelis; Moundipa, Paul Fewou; Nakayama, Shouta M. M.; Ishizuka, Mayumi; Ikenaka, Yoshinori
- Abstract
Pesticides, especially the newly developed neonicotinoids, are increasingly used in many countries around the world, including Cameroon, to control pests involved in crop destruction or disease transmission. Unfortunately, the pesticides also pose tremendous environmental problems because a predominant amount of their residues enter environmental matrices to affect other nontargeted species including humans. This therefore calls for continuous biomonitoring of these insecticides in human populations. The present study sought to assess the neonicotinoid insecticide exposures in two agrarian regions of Cameroon, the South‐West region and Littoral region. The study involved 188 men, including 125 farmers and 63 nonfarmers. Spot urine samples were obtained from these subjects and subjected to liquid chromatographic–tandem mass spectrometric analysis for concentrations of neonicotinoid compounds, including acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, nitenpyram, thiamethoxam, and N‐dm‐acetamiprid. Neonicotinoid compounds were detected in all study participants, and residues of all the screened pesticides were detected among participants. N‐dm‐Acetamiprid and imidacloprid were the most prevalent among the subjects (100.0% and 93.1%, respectively), whereas nitenpyram was less common (3.2%). The median values of imidacloprid and total urinary neonicotinoid concentrations were elevated among farmers (0.258 vs. 0.126 µg/L and 0.829 vs. 0.312 µg/L, respectively). Altogether the findings showed that both the farmer and nonfarmer study populations of Cameroon were exposed to multiple residues of neonicotinoids, with relatively higher levels of pesticides generally recorded among farmers. Although exposure levels of the neonicotinoids were generally lower than their respective reference doses, these results warrant further research on the health risk evaluation of multiple residues of the pesticides and reinforcement of control measures to minimize the exposure risks, especially among farmers. Environ Toxicol Chem 2024;43:952–964. © 2024 SETAC
- Subjects
CAMEROON; IMIDACLOPRID; NEONICOTINOIDS; PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE residues in food; PEST control; FARMERS; MEDIAN (Mathematics)
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 5, p952
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.5842