Safety and Occupational Health Hazards of Agricultural Workers Handling Pesticides: A Case Study
Safety and Occupational Health Hazards of Agricultural Workers Handling Pesticides: A Case Study
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农业工人处理农药的安全和职业健康危害：案例研究
DOI：
10.1007/978-981-10-7122-5_9
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发表时间：
2018
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S. John
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作者：
D. Kumari;S. John
缺乏对处理、喷洒和处置农药的认识可能对人类健康造成不利影响。本研究在喜马偕尔邦（印度）农村地区的选定村庄进行，目的是确定在苹果园处理农药的农业工人的职业健康风险。研究还包括慢性和急性健康影响以及双变量分析，以确定影响急性农药中毒（APP）的因素。调查发现，大多数受访者缺乏安全的操作规范。约52%使用棍棒混合农药，15%使用手，65%将农药储存在房屋中，只有24%接受过正式的农药喷洒培训。关于对世卫组织颜色代码的认识，59%的人看过代码，18%的人正确识别代码的含义。在卫生习惯方面，92%的人洗手，96%的人在喷洒农药后更换衣服。大部分人群（85%）在接触农药尤其是喷洒农药时存在急性健康问题。双变量分析表明，混合技术，缺乏教育和工作时间对APP有显着影响。
Lack of awareness of handling, spraying and disposal of pesticides could create adverse health effects in human beings. This study was conducted in selected villages of a rural district of Himachal Pradesh (India) with an aim to determine the occupational health risks of agricultural workers handling pesticides in the apple orchards. The study also included the chronic and acute health effects as well as a bivariate analysis to identify the factor affecting acute pesticide poisoning (APP). It was found that most of the respondents lacked safe operational practices. About 52% used sticks for mixing of pesticides, 15% used hands, 65% stored the pesticide in the houses, and only 24% had formal pesticide spray training. Regarding awareness of WHO colour code, 59% had seen the codes, and 18% rightly identified the meaning of codes. In case of hygiene practices, 92% washed hands, and 96% changed the clothes after the pesticide spray. Most of the population (85%) had the acute health problems in handling the pesticides especially the spraying. Bivariate analysis showed that mixing technique, lack of education and working hours have significant effect on APP.