ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2017
Elemental Sulfur Use and Associations with Pediatric Lung Function and Respiratory Symptoms in an Agricultural Community (California, USA).
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- Respiratory and Allergic Effects in Children Exposed to Pesticides-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Association between exposure to pesticides and allergic diseases in children and adolescents: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Jornal de pediatriaPooled it
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- Exposure to agricultural pesticides and wheezing among 5-12-year-old children in the Imperial Valley, CA, USA.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Spray-induced gene silencing to identify powdery mildew gene targets and processes for powdery mildew control.Molecular plant pathology · 2023Article
- Respiratory and allergic health effects in children living near agriculture: A review.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Fluorescence-Based Sensing of Pesticides Using Supramolecular Chemistry.Frontiers in chemistry · 2021Review
- The joint effect of ambient air pollution and agricultural pesticide exposures on lung function among children with asthma.Environmental research · 2020Article
- Crop proximity index for monitoring of peri-urban land use in agro-industrial crop regions.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Prenatal pesticide exposure and respiratory health outcomes in the first year of life: Results from the infants' Environmental Health (ISA) study.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2020Article
- Associations between prenatal maternal urinary concentrations of personal care product chemical biomarkers and childhood respiratory and allergic outcomes in the CHAMACOS study.Environment international · 2018Article
- Residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and respiratory health in 7-year old children.Environmental research · 2018Article
- Will buffer zones around schools in agricultural areas be adequate to protect children from the potential adverse effects of pesticide exposure?PLoS biology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundElemental sulfur, "the oldest of all pesticides," is the most heavily used agricultural pesticide in California and Europe. Sulfur is considered relatively safe and is used in both conventional and organic farming systems. Adverse respiratory effects have been reported in applicators and animals, but the effect on residential populations, and especially on children living in proximity to fields treated with elemental sulfur, is not known.
objectivesWe evaluated associations between residential proximity to elemental sulfur applications and respiratory symptoms and spirometry of children living in an agricultural community.
methodsParticipants were enrolled in the CHAMACOS longitudinal birth cohort. We collected respiratory symptomatology for 347 children at 7 y of age and measured spirometry on a subset of 279. Of these, estimations of proximity to sulfur application and relevant covariate data were available for 237 and 205 children for whom we had symptomatology information and FEV
resultsAdverse associations with respiratory outcomes were found for sulfur applications within 0.5- and 1-km radii. Specifically, asthma medication usage and respiratory symptoms increased [OR=3.51; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.50, 8.23,
conclusionsThis study suggests that elemental sulfur use, allowed in both organic and conventional farming, in close proximity to residential areas, may adversely affect children's respiratory health. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP528.
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