Pesticide handling practices and self-reported morbidity symptoms among farmers
Autor: | Yogeswar Dayal Kasa, Padmaja R. Jonnalagadda, Arun Pandiyan, Summaiya Lari, Srujana Medithi |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis India 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Occupational Exposure Medicine Humans Pesticides Adverse effect Personal Protective Equipment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Farmers business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Agriculture Pesticide Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Cross-Sectional Studies Female Self Report Morbidity business |
Zdroj: | Archives of environmentaloccupational health. 76(8) |
ISSN: | 2154-4700 |
Popis: | Amid growing concern about the adverse effects of pesticides, a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate farmers' knowledge on pesticides handling. Results of in-depth surveys (n = 217) with field observations revealed that participants had a mean 18 years of farming experience and knapsack-sprays were used for spraying. About 99% were not using any personal-protective-equipments during mixing, loading, application operations. Over 80% reentered the treated farms within two-days of application without following safety protocols and 39% admitted unsafe disposal of empty containers of pesticides. Statistical-analysis revealed a significant association between participant's pesticide handling practices and self-reported morbidity symptoms ( |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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