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The population that we asses is taken in consideration a middle farm with tomato plantation

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 highly exposed groups, and highly susceptible groups.


On this farm, tomatoes are grown throughout the year from February to December using
different types of tomatoes depending on the season. It is assumed that the time a farmer needs to
apply fungicides by hand is 1 hour per 400 m2, so to make 10 hectares a person needs 250 hours
of work. We assume that there are 25 people working on this farm so the exposure time is 10
hours for a person to spray fungicides.

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

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