Title
Exposure to methyl bromide during greenhouse fumigation on Crete, Greece
Author
de Vreede, J.A.F.
den Boeft, J.
van Hemmen, J.J.
Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO
Publication year
1998
Abstract
In agricultural areas where greenhouses and dwellings are intermixed, the general population as well as the professional applicators may be exposed to pesticides. In a field study on Crete, exposure to methyl bromide during soil fumigation was assessed. Exposure of applicators (both contractors and farmers) were measured with personal air sampling equipment. Environmental monitoring inside and outside greenhouses combined with meteo data formed the basis for calculating the exposure of the general population with a computer aided dispersion model. Exposure of contractors exceeded the TLV value. The safe limit for the general population living close to a fumigated greenhouse is also exceeded.
Subject
Nutrition
Methyl bromide
Ecotoxicity
Environmental exposure
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental monitoring
Greece
Human
Infection control
Priority journal
Agriculture
Air Pollutants, Occupational
Environmental Monitoring
Greece
Humans
Hydrocarbons, Brominated
Occupational Exposure
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s002449900414
TNO identifier
234628
ISSN
0090-4341
Source
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 35 (3), 539-547
Document type
article