Chlordecone exposure and adverse effects in French West Indies populations

Multigner, Luc; Kadhel, Philippe; Rouget, Florence; Blanchet, Pascal; Cordier, Sylvaine

doi:10.1007/s11356-015-4621-5

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“…In humans, recent epidemiological and toxicological studies have demonstrated that chlordecone is a reproductive and developmental toxicant, an endocrine-disrupting chemical and a neurotoxic. It is also consistently associated with an increase in the risk of prostate cancer (Multigner et al, 2010, 2016; Cordier et al, 2015; Emeville et al, 2015). Chlordecone persists in the environment (Cabidoche et al, 2009; Fernández-Bayo et al, 2013; Devault et al, 2016), and since it bioaccumulates as it moves through the food chain, it was listed in the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) prohibition list of the Stockholm Convention (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.1/INF/6, 2005).…”

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Microbial Degradation of a Recalcitrant Pesticide: Chlordecone

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Chlordecone (Kepone®) is a synthetic organochlorine insecticide (C10Cl10O) used worldwide mostly during the 1970 and 1980s. Its intensive application in the French West Indies to control the banana black weevil Cosmopolites sordidus led to a massive environmental pollution. Persistence of chlordecone in soils and water for numerous decades even centuries causes global public health and socio-economic concerns. In order to investigate the biodegradability of chlordecone, microbial enrichment cultures from soils contaminated by chlordecone or other organochlorines and from sludge of a wastewater treatment plant have been conducted. Different experimental procedures including original microcosms were carried out anaerobically over long periods of time. GC-MS monitoring resulted in the detection of chlorinated derivatives in several cultures, consistent with chlordecone biotransformation. More interestingly, disappearance of chlordecone (50 μg/mL) in two bacterial consortia was concomitant with the accumulation of a major metabolite of formula C9Cl5H3 (named B1) as well as two minor metabolites C10Cl9HO (named A1) and C9Cl4H4 (named B3). Finally, we report the isolation and the complete genomic sequences of two new Citrobacter isolates, closely related to Citrobacter amalonaticus, and that were capable of reproducing chlordecone transformation. Further characterization of these Citrobacter strains should yield deeper insights into the mechanisms involved in this transformation process.

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Microbial Degradation of a Recalcitrant Pesticide: Chlordecone

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“…The transfer of this pesticide into the food chain may engender severe damages on human health (Cabidoche et al, 2009;Multigner et al, 2016). Post-tethered grazing is a practice commonly used in Caribbean Islands where 20% to 30% of animal producers manage a limited number of animals which are grazing on non-standard pasture areas (e.g.…”

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Evaluation of soil intake by growing Creole young bulls in common grazing systems in humid tropical conditions

Jurjanz

Collas

Lastel

et al. 2017

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Soil is the main matrix which contributes to the transfer of environmental pollutants to animals and consequently into the food chain. In the French West Indies, chlordecone, a very persistent organochlorine pesticide, has been widely used on banana growing areas and this process has resulted in a long-term pollution of the corresponding soils. Domestic outside-reared herbivores are exposed to involuntary soil intake, and tethered grazing commonly used in West Indian systems can potentially favour their exposure to chlordecone. Thus, it appears necessary to quantify to what extent grazing conditions will influence soil intake. This experiment consisted of a cross-over design with two daily herbage allowance (DHA) grazed alternatively. Six young Creole bulls were distributed into two groups (G1 and G2) according to their BW. The animals were individually tethered and grazed on a restrictive (RES) or non-restrictive (NRES) levels of DHA during two successive 10-days periods. Each bull progressed on a new circular area every day. The two contrasting levels of DHA (P < 0.001) were obtained via a different daily grazing surface area (RES: 20 m 2 /animal, NRES: 31 m 2 /animal; P < 0.01) offered to the animals by the modulation of the length of the tethering chain (RES: 1.9 m, NRES: 2.6 m). These differences in offered grazing areas resulted in DHA of 71 and 128 g DM/kg BW 0.75 , respectively for RES and NRES treatments. As expected, the animals grazing on the reduced area realized a lower daily dry matter intake (DMI) (RES: 1.12 kg/100 kg BW, NRES: 1.83 kg/100 kg BW; P < 0.05) and present a lower organic matter digestibility (RES: 0.67, NRES: 0.73; P < 0.01) than NRES ones, due in part to the shorter post-grazing sward surface height (RES: 3.3 cm, NRES: 5.2 cm; P < 0.01) of their grazing circles. Soil intake was estimated on an individual level based on the ratio of the marker titanium in soil, herbage and faeces. Grazing closer to the ground, animals on RES treatment ingested a significantly higher proportion of soil in their total DMI (RES: 9.3%, NRES: 4.4%; P < 0.01). The amount of ingested soil in the diet was not significantly different between the two treatments (RES: 98 g/100 kg BW, NRES: 78 g/100 kg BW; P > 0.05) due to the lower DMI of RES compared with NRES treatment.

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“…It has also been shown to impair child development (cognitive and motor delay) when children were exposed in utero (Multigner et al 2015).…”

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Compost addition reduces porosity and chlordecone transfer in soil microstructure

Woignier

Clostre²,

Fernandes³

et al. 2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide, pollutes soils and contaminates crops and water resources and is biomagnified by food chains. As chlordecone is partly trapped in the soil, one possible alternative to decontamination may be to increase its containment in the soil, thereby reducing its diffusion into the environment. Containing the pesticide in the soil could be achieved by adding compost because the pollutant has an affinity for organic matter. We hypothesized that adding compost would also change soil porosity, as well as transport and containment of the pesticide. We measured the pore features and studied the nanoscale structure to assess the effect of adding compost on soil microstructure. We simulated changes in the transport properties (hydraulic conductivity and diffusion) associated with changes in porosity. During compost incubation, the clay microstructure collapsed due to capillary stresses. Simulated data showed that the hydraulic conductivity and diffusion coefficient were reduced by 95 and 70% in the clay microstructure, respectively. Reduced transport properties affected pesticide mobility and thus helped reduce its transfer from the soil to water and to the crop. We propose that the containment effect is due not only to the high affinity of chlordecone for soil organic matter but also to a trapping mechanism in the soil porosity.

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Chlordecone exposure and adverse effects in French West Indies populations

Cited by 104 publications

References 33 publications

Microbial Degradation of a Recalcitrant Pesticide: Chlordecone

Microbial Degradation of a Recalcitrant Pesticide: Chlordecone

Evaluation of soil intake by growing Creole young bulls in common grazing systems in humid tropical conditions

Compost addition reduces porosity and chlordecone transfer in soil microstructure

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