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area of 100000 m2 (10ha). The amount needed per ha of this fungicide is 3 pints (1.5 litres)
[http://www.syngenta-us.com/pdf/labels/bravo500_1000.pdf] and the density of this fungicide is
1.24 g/cm3 so the kg of BRAVO 500 needed are 18.6 kg. This amount is mixed with 983 US
gallons (3721 litres) in order to get a concentration of 0.2% of chlorothalonil. The farmers start
to use it in the 9th week which is the beginning of harvest process, that's to protect tomato seeds
and growth process of tomato from bacteria and fungi. It used only for 5 weeks (once a week)
[https://mountainhort.ces.ncsu.edu/fresh-market-tomato-breeding/cultivars-and-breeding-lines/].
Furthermore, 7-10 days are necessary between spraying chlorothalonil on foliage again, and 7-14
days for the tomato. Chlorothalonil effectiveness can last for days so that's why we spray every
several days, also to reduce the over chemicals use on tomato. The amount used in every time is
1.5 per ha[http://www.tomatodirt.com/apply-fungicide.html]
The harvest time, from seed placement to picking and eating, goes from 60 to 90 days.
Therefore, it is considered as 3 harvest cycles per year. Each harvest cycle requires 5 days 6
hours chlorothalonil, so farmers will be exposed for about 15 days per year. We also assume that
every farmer is 20 years old and they will work on this farm until 60. So 40 years of exposure