Project information
Sustainable Plant Protection Transition: A Global Health Approach (SPRINT)

Project Identification

862568

Project Period

9/2020 - 8/2025

Investor / Pogramme / Project type

European Union

Horizon 2020
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research (Societal Challenges)

MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Cooperating Organization

Wageningen University

Responsible person Prof. Violette Geissen

SPRINT will develop, test, validate and deliver a holistic global health approach to integrated assessments of the impacts of plant protection products (PPP) on ecosystem, plant, animal and human (EPAH) health, using three main attributes for state of health: resilience, reproduction/ productivity and manifestation of diseases. SPRINT takes the main crops and cropping systems in different European landscapes into account with the aim being to develop transition pathways for reduced reliance on PPP use, and improve farmer and citizen awareness. The goal is integrated risk assessment at the local, regional, national and European level, focusing on different PPP use patterns in contrasting farming systems (conventional, integrated, organic). SPRINT consists of 9 interlinked work packages. The distribution and the impacts of PPPs on EPAH health will be evaluated at 11 case study sites (CSS), each with contrasting farming systems. Ten CSS cover Europe and leading European crops, and one additional study is in Argentina on soy production for feed. PPP environmental fluxes, direct (food/feed ingestion) and indirect (air/dust inhalation and dermal uptake) animal and human exposure routes will be measured and used to improve current exposure, fate and toxicokinetic models (e.g. EFSA-FOCUS, BROWSE, BREAM). Improved (eco)toxicological assays will be performed based on both the findings from the CCS and existing databases. Such assays will cover direct and indirect exposure to multiple PPP residues, realistic ranges of PPP concentrations, multi-species scenarios, and short- and long-term exposures. Modelling of sustainability and cost-benefit at micro- and macro-economic scale will be conducted to derive recommendations for sustainable transition pathways and a research agenda on PPPs. Stakeholders will be closely involved at all levels in the project, from the inventory phase at CSS to the cost-benefit analysis through an independently chaired project advisory group.

Sustainable Development Goals

Masaryk University is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to improve the conditions and quality of life on our planet by 2030.

Publications

Total number of publications: 7

2024

Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective

NAVARRO Irene DE LA TORRE Adrian SANZ Paloma ABRANTES Nelson CAMPOS Isabel ALAOUI Abdallah CHRIST Florian ALCON Francisco CONTRERAS Josefina GLAVAN Matjaz PASKOVIC Igor PASKOVIC Marija Polic NORGAARD Trine MANDRIOLI Daniele SGARGI Daria HOFMAN Jakub APARICIO Virginia BALDI Isabelle BUREAU Mathilde VESTED Anne HARKES Paula HUERTA-LWANGA Esperanza MOL Hans GEISSEN Violette SILVA Vera MARTINEZ Maria Angeles

Article in Periodical

Water Research, year: 2024, volume: 254, edition: May 2024, DOI
Identifying pesticides of high concern for ecosystem, plant, animal, and human health: A comprehensive field study across Europe and Argentina

ALAOUI Abdallah CHRIST Florian SILVA Vera VESTED Anne SCHLUNSSEN Vivi GONZALEZ Neus GAI Lingtong ABRANTES Nelson BALDI Isabelle BUREAU Mathilde HARKES Paula NORGAARD Trine NAVARRO Irene ADRIAN de la Torre SANZ Paloma MARTINEZ Maria Angeles HOFMAN Jakub PASKOVIC Igor PASKOVIC Marija Polic GLAVAN Matjaz LWANGA Esperanza Huerta APARICIO Virginia Carolina CAMPOS Isabel ALCON Francisco CONTRERAS Josefa MANDRIOLI Daniele SGARGI Daria SCHEEPERS Paul T. J. RITSEMA Coen GEISSEN Violette

Article in Periodical

Science of the Total Environment, year: 2024, volume: 948, edition: October 2024, DOI

2023

Occurrence of pesticide residues in indoor dust of farmworker households across Europe and Argentina

NAVARRO Irene DE LA TORRE Adrian SANZ Paloma BALDI Isabelle HARKES Paula HUERTA-LWANGA Esperanza NORGAARD Trine GLAVAN Matjaz PASKOVIC Igor PASKOVIC Marija Polic ABRANTES Nelson CAMPOS Isabel ALCON Francisco CONTRERAS Josefina ALAOUI Abdallah HOFMAN Jakub VESTED Anne BUREAU Mathilde APARICIO Virginia MANDRIOLI Daniele SGARGI Daria MOL Hans GEISSEN Violette SILVA Vera MARTINEZ Maria Angeles

Article in Periodical

Science of the Total Environment, year: 2023, volume: 905, edition: December 2023, DOI
Pesticide residues with hazard classifications relevant to non-target species including humans are omnipresent in the environment and farmer residences

SILVA Vera GAI Lingtong HARKES Paula TAN Gaowei RITSEMA Coen J. ALCON Francisco CONTRERAS Josefa ABRANTES Nelson CAMPOS Isabel BALDI Isabelle BUREAU Mathilde CHRIST Florian MANDRIOLI Daniele SGARGI Daria PASKOVIĆ Igor PASKOVIĆ Marija Polić GLAVAN Matjaž HOFMAN Jakub LWANGA Esperanza Huerta NORGAARD Trine BÍLKOVÁ Zuzana OSMAN Rima KHURSHID Chrow NAVARRO Irene DE LA TORRE Adrián SANZ Paloma MARTÍNEZ María Ángeles DIAS Jonatan MOL Hans GORT Gerrit FIGUEIREDO Daniel Martins SCHEEPERS Paul T.J. SCHLÜNSSEN Vivi VESTED Anne ALAOUI Abdallah GEISSEN Violette

Article in Periodical

Environment International, year: 2023, volume: 181, edition: November 2023, DOI

2022

A worldwide review of currently used pesticides' monitoring in agricultural soils

SABZEVARI Shiva HOFMAN Jakub

Article in Periodical

Science of the Total Environment, year: 2022, volume: 812, edition: March 2022, DOI
Currently Used Pesticides’ Occurrence in Soils: Recent Results and Advances in Soil-Monitoring and Survey Studies

SABZEVARI Shiva HOFMAN Jakub

Chapter of a book

Pesticides in Soils. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, year: 2022, number of pages: 33 s.

2021

Collection of human and environmental data on pesticide use in Europe and Argentina: Field study protocol for the SPRINT project

SILVA Vera ALAOUI Abdallah SCHLUNSSEN Vivi VESTED Anne GRAUMANS Martien VAN DAEL Maurice TREVISAN Marco SUCIU Nicoleta MOL Hans BEEKMANN Karsten FIGUEIREDO Daniel HARKES Paula HOFMAN Jakub KANDELER Ellen ABRANTES Nelson CAMPOS Isabel MARTINEZ Maria Angeles PEREIRA Joana Luisa GOOSSENS Dirk GANDRASS Juergen DEBLER Freya LWANGA Esperanza Huerta JONKER Marlot VAN LANGEVELDE Frank SORENSEN Martin T. WELLS Jerry M. BOEKHORST Jos HUSS Anke MANDRIOLI Daniele SGARGI Daria NATHANAIL Paul NATHANAIL Judith TAMM Lucius FANTKE Peter MARK Jennifer GROVERMANN Christian FRELIH-LARSEN Ana HERB Irina CHIVERS Charlotte-Anne MILLS Jane ALCON Francisco CONTRERAS Josefina BALDI Isabelle PASKOVIC Igor MATJAZ Glavan NORGAARD Trine APARICIO Virginia RITSEMA Coen J. GEISSEN Violette SCHEEPERS Paul T. J.

Article in Periodical

Plos one, year: 2021, volume: 16, edition: 11, DOI