Dermal Exposure Assessment to Pesticides in Farming Systems in Developing Countries: Comparison of Models

Camilo Lesmes Fabian and Claudia R. Binder
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Camilo Lesmes Fabian: Centro de Investigaciones de Ingenierias "Alberto Magno" (CIIAM); Universidad Santo Tomas Seccional Tunja; Sede Campus: Av. Universitaria Calle 48, No. 1-235 Este, 15001 Tunja, Boyaca, Colombia
Claudia R. Binder: Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Luisenstrasse 37, D-80333 Munich, Germany

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-27

Abstract: In the field of occupational hygiene, researchers have been working on developing appropriate methods to estimate human exposure to pesticides in order to assess the risk and therefore to take the due decisions to improve the pesticide management process and reduce the health risks. This paper evaluates dermal exposure models to ?nd the most appropriate. Eight models ( i.e. , COSHH, DERM, DREAM, EASE, PHED, RISKOFDERM, STOFFENMANAGER and PFAM) were evaluated according to a multi-criteria analysis and from these results five models ( i.e. , DERM, DREAM, PHED, RISKOFDERM and PFAM) were selected for the assessment of dermal exposure in the case study of the potato farming system in the Andean highlands of Vereda La Hoya, Colombia. The results show that the models provide different dermal exposure estimations which are not comparable. However, because of the simplicity of the algorithm and the speci?city of the determinants, the DERM, DREAM and PFAM models were found to be the most appropriate although their estimations might be more accurate if specific determinants are included for the case studies in developing countries.

Keywords: dermal exposure assessment; modelling; pesticides; farming systems; potato crops; developing countries; Colombia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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