Rural workers` health related to the use of pesticides in developing and developed countries

• Autor(a) principal: Coelho, Enilce Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Coelho, Fábio Cunha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Vértices (Campos dos Goitacazes. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/6499
• topic: Worker safety; Conventional agriculture; Crop protection; Segurança do trabalho; Agricultura convencional; Defensivo agrícola

This review aims to examine the issue rural workers' health and the use of pesticides in its various aspects, especially emphasizing how that is doing in developing and developed countries. We found than the rural workers pesticide contamination problems occur both in developing countries as in developed countries. We concluded than to ensure the rural workers’ health when they use pesticides becomes necessary to increase the training of workers. It is also important to build political agendas and actions in the health of agricultural workers, with implementation of preventive health programs with greater oversight and monitoring on pesticide use.