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0016/2018 - Evaluation of the effect of pesticide use on helth of rural workers in irrigated fruit farming.
Avaliação do efeito do uso de agrotóxicos sobre a saúde de trabalhadores rurais da fruticultura irrigada.

Author:

• Cícero Oliveira Corcino - Corcino, CO - <cicero.corcino@univasf.edu.br>

Co-author(s):

• Roxana Braga de Andrade Teles - Teles, RBA - <roxanabandrade@hotmail.com>
• Jackson Roberto Guedes Da Silva Almeida - Almeida, JRGS - <jackson.guedes@univasf.edu.br>
• Luciana Da Silva Lirani - Lirani, LDS - <lucianalirani@gmail.com>
• Cleônia Roberta Melo Araújo - Araújo, CRM - <cleonia.araujo@univasf.edu.br>
• Arlan De Assis Gonsalves - Gonsalves, AS - <arlan.gonsalves@univasf.edu.br>
• Gabriela Lemos De Azevedo Maia - Maia, GLA - <gabriela.lam@gmail.com>


Abstract:

The present study refers to the impact of the use of pesticides on human health in the Submedia of the São Francisco Valley, in which, through semi-structured interviews, the objective was to analyze the influence of social, cultural and economic determinants in the health-disease process of workers exposed to agrochemicals. For collecting data, 339 rural workersirrigated perimetersJuazeiro-BA and Petrolina-PE cities were interviewed. All were male, of which 182 (53,7%) were rural owners and 157 (46,3%) were employees, predominantly between 40 and 59 years old among owners and under 39 among workers. 55,2% of them have monthly income less than or equal to 2 minimum wages and more than 50% have a low level of schooling. Many of them admitted to know about the importance of the use of PPE and the obligatory agronomic prescription for the use and purchase of agrochemicals. However, about 40% do not use PPE or use it incompletely and 28,9% do not have a prescription during the purchase. More than 9% of participants reported cases of intoxication, however, less than 7% sought specialized care. Workers are aware of the risks that agrochemicals pose to their health and that practices carried out on the crops expose them to risk situations.

Keywords:

Agrochemicals, Worker\'s health, Crop production and health.

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Corcino, CO, Teles, RBA, Almeida, JRGS, Lirani, LDS, Araújo, CRM, Gonsalves, AS, Maia, GLA. Evaluation of the effect of pesticide use on helth of rural workers in irrigated fruit farming.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Jan). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/evaluation-of-the-effect-of-pesticide-use-on-helth-of-rural-workers-in-irrigated-fruit-farming/16549?id=16549



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