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| Name | Class |
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| Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture | UNKNOWN |
| ESTEBURG Obstbauzentrum Jork Kompetenzzentrum für den norddeutschen Obstbau | UNKNOWN |
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The aim of the aPPPle pilot study is to test feasibility and generate first results in preparation for a main study. The aPPPle study will investigate the exposure of operators, workers and residents to plant protection products (PPP) and potential physiological effects on blood biomarkers. The target plants are apple crops, as application occurs at higher altitudes and therefore higher drift/exposure is expected compared to ground-level application. The substances to be investigated are acetamiprid (an insecticide) and dithianon and dodine (two fungicides).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Operators | People who apply plant protection products to apple crops. | ||
| Workers | People who do manual work in apple cultivation, like pruning or harvesting. | ||
| Residents | People whose place of residence is adjacent to the orchard under investigation. | ||
| Control | People whose place of residence is at least 10 km away from agricultural apple orchards and a maximum of 150 km away from the apple orchard under investigation. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Concentration of plant protection substances/metabolites in different matrices | The concentrations of the investigated substances/their metabolites will be analysed in urine, patches (to assess dermal exposure of the body), hand wipes (to assess dermal exposure of the hands), filters of an personal air sampler (to assess inhalation exposure), hair samples and gras samples | Operators: during the observed work with PPP and for urine up to 48 hours after; resident: during the observed application and for urine up to 48 hours after; workers: during work in the orchards and for urine up to 48 hours a; control: at one time point |
| Effect biomarkers in blood and metabolome in plasma | Defined effect biomarkers in blood as well as the metabolome in plasma will be analysed before and after application of plant protection products to observe possible early physiological changes. The following effect biomarkers in the blood will be measured: c-reactive protein, fasting glucose, HbA1c, cortisol, oxidized LDL, complete blood count, thyrotropin (TSH), free T3 (fT3), free T4 (fT4), gamma GT, GOT (ASAT), GPT (ALAT), bilirubin, cystatin C, urea | enrollment until 7 days after application/work in the apple orchards; for people from the control group at one time point |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria for residents and control:
person has direct professional contact with the tested substances acetamiprid, dithianon or dodine
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Users, residents and workers:
people from "Altes Land", a large apple-growing region in northern Germany
Control: live at least 10 km and max. 150 km away from agricultural apple orchards
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Prof. Dr. Cornelia Weikert | Contact | +49 301841255000 | cornelia.weikert@bfr.bund.de | |
| Dr. Anna Lechner | Contact | +49 301841255015 | anna.lechner@bfr.bund.de |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Federal Institute for Risk Assessment | Recruiting | Berlin | 10589 | Germany |
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