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Concentrations of pesticide metabolites and oxidative stress/inflammatory biomarkers during the conventional and organic periods of the "Organic diet and children's health" study
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The left chart shows the concentrations of a urinary biomarker of oxidative stress/inflammation known as 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) are presented. The right chart shows the concentrations of a urinary biomarker of pyrethroid pesticides known as 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA). The lower levels of biomarkers of oxidative stress/inflammation and exposure to pyrethroids measured during the ‘organic’ period of the participants’ diets were statistically significant based on mixed-effect linear regression models.
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- Biomarker data trends
- Organiko Life+ (2019).
Methodology
The methodology for this study is described in detail in the peer-reviewed article "A cluster-randomized crossover trial of organic diet impact on biomarkers of exposure to pesticides and biomarkers of oxidative stress/inflammation in primary school children" (Makris et al., 2019). The article is available at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0219420.
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The chart is based on data from the "Organic diet and children's health" study, conducted in Cyprus in 2017 as part of the ORGANIKO LIFE+ project. A full description of the ORGANIKO LIFE+ project is provided on the LIFE Public Database: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=5354.