Pesticides poisoning in a health macro-region in Santa Catarina, Brazil, from 2014 to 2018: Vigil Sanit Debate, Rio de Janeiro, 2023, v.11: e02133 | Published on: 9/05/2023

• Autor(a) principal: Bet, Fernanda
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ortiga, Angela Maria Blatt, Serbent, Maria Pilar, Rodríguez López, Santiago, Schütz, Gabriel Eduardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Vigilância Sanitária em Debate
• Texto Completo: https://visaemdebate.incqs.fiocruz.br/index.php/visaemdebate/article/view/2133
• topic: Agrotóxicos; Intoxicação; Saúde Pública; Sistemas de Informação; Pesticides;; Poisoning; Public Health; Information Systems

Introduction: Increasing human exposure to pesticides is an international public health concern. Objective: To evaluate the toxic effects of pesticides on humans based on data collected in the administrative health macro-region of Vale do Itajaí, Brazil, from 2014 to 2018. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was developed, using secondary data from national health information systems, focusing on notifiable diseases, mortality, and hospital admission. Results: The results showed that the profile of exogenous pesticide poisoning has a predominance of male adults, with low education level, exposed to agricultural pesticides, with acute single exposure, where most cases occurred at home and were cured without sequelae. There was also observed a predominance of poisoning due to accidental and non-work-related circumstances that confirms the suspicions of the quality of filling in the notifications. The harmful effects of handling agrochemicals on human health were mainly manifested in the digestive, respiratory, and neurological systems. Conclusions: In view of the extreme vulnerability faced by the population of Vale do Itajaí health macro-region to diseases and injuries associated with the use of pesticides, as well as the Brazilian population as a whole, it was concluded that regulatory guidelines and more restrictive legislation is urgently demanded.