Risk Perception and Communication Regarding Pesticide Use in Rural Work: A Case Study in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Peres, Frederico; Moreira, Josino Costa; Rodrigues, Karla Meneses; Cláudio, Luz

doi:10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.400

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“…Most of the OP and CM insecticides inhibit the PChE, which is helpful for detecting the early acute effects of poisoning and monitoring the pesticide exposure. Similar results were noted among the tobacco farmers of many other countries (Cornwall et al, 1995;McDaniel et al, 2005;Damalas et al, 2006;Peres et al, 2006;Dasgupta et al, 2007). With an increase in the levels of pesticide residues in blood, there is inhibition of PChE showing lowest levels in the farmers of moderate severity.…”

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Risk assessment of pesticide exposure on health of Pakistani tobacco farmers

Khan

Shabbir

Majid

et al. 2009

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Tobacco is an important cash crop of Pakistan. Pesticides are commonly used to increase the crop yield, but their health impact has not been studied yet. The objectives of the study were to determine the frequency of pesticide poisoning and to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards safety measures among the tobacco farmers in Swabi, Pakistan. One hundred and five tobacco farmers involved in pesticide application were randomly selected from two villages of district Swabi. A structured questionnaire was used for clinical and KAP information. Plasma cholinesterase (PChE) levels were measured by Ellman's method by using GD Italy kits. All tobacco farmers were males with a mean (SD) age of 26 (9) years. The majority of the farmers reported multiple symptoms headache, dizziness, vomiting, shortness of breath, muscle weakness and skin rash correlate with the clinically significant depression of PChE levels. Out of 105 pesticide applicators, 58 (55%) had post-exposure reduction in PChE levels o20% from baseline, 35 (33%) had mild poisoning (20-40% reduction) and 12 (11%) had moderate poisoning (440% reduction). Most of the farmers did not use any personal protective equipment during pesticide handling. Only a few used shoes (31%), masks (14%) and gloves (9%) during pesticide spray. In conclusion, the tobacco farmers had mild to moderate pesticide poisoning, which was correlated with depression in PChE levels. Moreover, most farmers had little knowledge about the safety measures, casual attitude and unsatisfactory safety practices with regard to the use of basic protective equipments during pesticide applications on the tobacco crop.

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“…Indiscriminate use and improper handling of pesticides in agriculture have caused serious health problems in many developing countries, which represent 30% of the global pesticide consumer market (Peres et al, 2006). Organophosphate (OP) and Carbamate (CM) insecticides are commonly used for spraying on the tobacco crops in Pakistan.…”

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Risk assessment of pesticide exposure on health of Pakistani tobacco farmers

Khan

Shabbir

Majid

et al. 2009

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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“…In urban environments, other risk factors of birth defects may prevail, including exposure to other environmental chemicals such as pesticides different than those used in field crops or rural activities. The relationship observed in the rural microregions is of particular concern taking into account that, although agricultural workers in the South and Southeast Region of Brazil might have a higher risk perception from pesticide exposure [31,32] compared to other regions, it has been shown that knowledge and awareness of pesticide risks do not always lead to safety practices among Brazilian farmers [33,34]. Moreover, lower pesticide risk perception has been shown among women in agricultural population in Brazil [20,34], which may lead to a higher pesticide exposure even during pregnancy.…”

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Pesticide consumption, central nervous system and cardiovascular congenital malformations in the South and Southeast region of Brazil

Cremonese¹,

Freire²,

Camargo³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: To investigate the association between per capita pesticide consumption and infant mortality rates from CNS and CVS congenital malformations in microregions in the South and Southeast Region of Brazil. Material and Methods: An ecological study was conducted using data on pesticide expenditure in 1985 and 1996, and deaths caused by CNS and CVS malformations in infants under 1 year old in 1986-1990 and 1997-2001, respectively. Per capita pesticide consumption and infant mortality rates were calculated for each microregion. Microregions were grouped according to quintiles of pesticide consumption, taking the first quintile as reference. The association between pesticide consumption and infant mortality was examined by calculating Spearman correlation coefficients (r) and mortality rate ratios (RR), stratifying by gender and type of microregion (urban or rural). Results: Significant and positive correlations between per capita pesticide consumption and rates of mortality due to CNS and CVS defects were observed in rural but not urban microregions. In general, mortality RRs for the 2 types of malformations in rural microregions were significantly higher in each quintile of pesticide consumption compared to the lowest quintile in the 2 study periods, with elevations ranging between 10% and 30%. Likewise, mortality RRs in these microregions showed significant trends of increase across quintiles of pesticide consumption in both study periods. In urban areas, however, mortality RRs from both CNS and CVS malformations were weak and not statistically significant, and a trend of increase of mortality with increasing pesticide usage was not observed. Conclusions:The results show the relevance of pesticide exposure in rural areas with intense agricultural activity, suggesting that such prenatal exposures may be related with the occurrence of certain congenital defects.

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“…Literature shows that farmers with awareness on the existence of health hazards from using low-quality water perceive such health hazards to be low . Peres and Moreira (2006) emphasized that awareness on the health hazards influence how the hazard is perceived by exposed group. People perceive health hazards when its effects became visible and have a negative perception of the existence of the hazards if there is no observable effect of an exposure.…”

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Perceived Health Hazards of Low-Quality Irrigation Water in Vegetable Production in Morogoro, Tanzania

Mayilla¹,

Magayane²,

Keraita³

et al. 2015

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This study assessed the perceptions of vegetable farmers, traders, consumers and key informants on the health hazards of using low-quality water in irrigation vegetable production in Morogoro, Tanzania. Methods used to collect data were a survey involving all farmers in Changarawe village and Fungafunga area using low-quality water for irrigation vegetable production (n=60), consumers of low-quality water irrigated vegetables (n=70) and vegetable traders selling low-quality water irrigated vegetables (n=60), focus group discussions (n=7) and key informant interviews (n=25). The study employed cross sectional research design. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate mean, frequencies and percentages while Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis H-test assessed the association between social-demographic variables and respondents score on the health hazard perception scale of using low-quality water in vegetable production. Results showed skin itching, fungal diseases, bilharzias and worm infestation as among the perceived health hazards in using low-quality irrigation water. Health hazard perception differed among groups of farmers, consumers and vegetable traders (p<0.001). The mean ranks of the groups indicated that farmers perceive less health hazards in using low-quality water (mean rank = 147.98) compared to consumers (mean rank = 72.68) and vegetable traders (mean rank 69.64). More health hazards were perceived by Fungafunga farmers compared to farmers from the Changarawe village (p<0.001) while female farmers perceived less hazards in using low-quality water than male farmers (p < 0.05). Consumers with formal education perceived more health hazards than consumers with no formal education (p < 0.001) while vegetable traders from Fungafunga area perceived more health hazards in selling low-quality water irrigated vegetable than vegetable traders from the Changarawe village (p<0.001). These findings demonstrate the need to design health hazards minimization interventions for specific target group.

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Risk Perception and Communication Regarding Pesticide Use in Rural Work: A Case Study in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Cited by 44 publications

References 9 publications

Risk assessment of pesticide exposure on health of Pakistani tobacco farmers

Risk assessment of pesticide exposure on health of Pakistani tobacco farmers

Pesticide consumption, central nervous system and cardiovascular congenital malformations in the South and Southeast region of Brazil

Perceived Health Hazards of Low-Quality Irrigation Water in Vegetable Production in Morogoro, Tanzania

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