Nearly 200 pesticides were found by studying dust examination in homes around EuropeAs scientists say, the organizers need to take “toxic cocktails” for chemicals into consideration when prohibiting or restricting the use of pesticides.
Scientists say their research supports the idea that the organizers should assess the risks posed by pesticides when they interact with other chemicals, as well as individually. They say this should apply to the materials already used, as well as those that have not yet been approved.
In preliminary results from the largest study of its kind, Scientists examine home dust From homes in 10 European countries in 2021, 197 pesticides were discovered in total.
More than 40 % of the pesticides in dust have been linked to very toxic effects, including cancer and hormonal disruption in humans.
The number of pesticides in each house ranged between 25 and 121, and farmers tend to have higher levels of pesticides in dust.
“We have many epidemiological studies that show that diseases are linked to pesticide mixtures,” said Professor Paul Shapers, at the Radbod Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences.
He said that pesticides in dust found their way to our homes on our shoes, and cats and dogs can be attended. “If we do not take off the shoes on the doorstep, we take a lot of dirt from the outside. Pets are also a source,” Shepherles said.
“There are many studies that indicate that animals collect some pollutants, including pesticides, from the outside. Another group is the consumer products that we bring to our homes … that is, pesticides we buy in the store for certain reasons, and an important source is fleas and tick treatments for pets.”
Although the concentrations of all pesticides in dust in homes were small, the mixture of dozens of chemicals can have a health effect, as well as increased exposure to pesticides when they were also confronted with higher concentrations on fruits, vegetables and fresh flowers.
The study also found that toxic pesticides remained in the environment despite being banned in some countries in 1972.
Shabers said that those who allow the use of products should take into account the environmental stability, and that even if the products are Like pfas They are now banned, they will stay in the environment.
PFAS is known as “chemicals forever” because it does not collapse in the environment. They are used in a wide range of consumer products and industrial processes, some have been linked to serious diseases in humans and animals, including cancer.
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Scheepers said: “Products like DDT that have been banned for a long time continues to the extent that they accumulate in the environment, so they are constantly rotating … Now we also have a problem with PFAS and this is exactly a repetition of this.
“Perhaps organizers can consider the continuation of chemicals – let’s say that chemical stability means stability in the environment and also accumulated in the food chain, it is possible in the future to discover similar problems with other continuous chemicals.”
The researchers said that their study revealed a mixture of pesticides found in the environment, so the organizers can test these groups as well as the groups producing the commercial use they already tested.
They said the discovery of the D. D. T also means that the risk assessments of the latest pesticides may need to consider interactions with the older.
