Contributing factors for farm workers’ exposure to pesticides in the west of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Auteurs-es

  • Camila Tofolo Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó Auteur
  • Alexandre Meneghello Fuentefria Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Auteur
  • Fabiane Moreira Farias Universidade Federal do Pampa Auteur
  • Michel Mansur Machado Universidade Federal do Pampa Auteur
  • Luís Flávio Souza Oliveira Universidade Federal do Pampa Auteur

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i2.22383

Mots-clés :

agrochemicals, poisoning, public health

Résumé

Pesticide overuse is highly harmful to human health and has become a serious public health issue in developing countries,Brazilincluded. Current study collects and evaluates data on toxicity risk to farmers exposed to pesticides in Marema, a municipality in the west of the Brazilian southern state of Santa Catarina. The sectional, descriptive and observational study comprises a questionnaire with open and closed questions. Retrieved data showed that farmers with low educational level need understandable information to raise their awareness on the use of pesticides, starting from an effective assistance at purchase and in management till the disposal of empty containers. Data show that farmers undergo regular exposure risks to pesticides and traditional practices corroborate for the increase in the environmental damage and health problems.

 

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Biographie de l'auteur-e

  • Luís Flávio Souza Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Pampa
    Pharmacy department, Graduate Program of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Publié

2014-10-07

Numéro

Rubrique

Ciências da Saúde

Comment citer

Contributing factors for farm workers’ exposure to pesticides in the west of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. (2014). Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 36(2), 153-159. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i2.22383

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