Assessment of the health status and risk of genotoxic and cytotoxic damage in Argentinian adolescents living near horticultural crops

In some rural areas in Argentina, adolescents may be considered as a group indirectly exposed to agrochemicals because their parents plant small crops near their homes. This could become a health risk to children and adolescents who may be more sensitive to exposure to chemicals than adults. The obj...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2018-02, Vol.25 (6), p.5950-5959
Main Authors: Martínez-Perafán, Fabián, Santoli, María Fernanda, López-Nigro, Marcela, Carballo, Marta Ana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Agrochemicals
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biomarkers
Children
Cholesterol
Chromatin
Chromosome aberrations
Crops
Cytotoxicity
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental science
Exposure
Genotoxicity
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Horticultural crops
Low density lipoprotein
Lymphocytes
Meat
Parents
Research Article
Rural areas
Teenagers
Toxicity
Triglycerides
Tubers
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:In some rural areas in Argentina, adolescents may be considered as a group indirectly exposed to agrochemicals because their parents plant small crops near their homes. This could become a health risk to children and adolescents who may be more sensitive to exposure to chemicals than adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the health status of two different groups of Argentinian adolescents using biochemical parameters, dietary information, and cytogenetic biomarkers of genotoxicity and cytotoxicity. The study groups included 32 adolescents from Montecarlo, who were indirectly exposed to agrochemicals, and 30 unexposed adolescents from Exaltación de la Cruz. The values of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, gamma glutamyltransferase, and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) were higher ( p  
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-0969-z