Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane
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Resumo: | Brazil stands internationally as the largest producer of sugarcane, a key crop for national agribusiness. In this crop, weeds can cause serious damage, thus, making its control necessary. To this end, chemical control is mainly based on herbicides. However, the exposure of rural workers to herbicides has been associated with several health problems in these individuals. Therefore, this paper seeks to raise awareness through a bibliographic survey of the importance of sugarcane culture, herbicide use in these crops, the risks to which rural workers are exposed, and which health problems can occur by handling and applying these products, as well as the legislation that supports these workers and the challenges to ensuring this legislation's effectiveness. A literature search was conducted using the integrative review method. The deleterious effects of workers' exposure to herbicides are well reported in the literature for different active ingredients. Brazil has dense legislation in force focused on occupational safety, which, in theory, would make the handling and application of herbicides and other pesticides a low-risk activity for rural workers' health. However, unfortunately, this is not the picture seen in many agricultural regions of the country, mainly due to the lack of use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Actions such as periodic training for these professionals are necessary, and a more rigorous inspection of their use should also be implemented. Keywords: Contamination; Personal Protective Equipment; Exposure. |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcaneRiscos para a saúde do trabalhador e boas práticas de segurança do trabalho na aplicação de herbicidas em cana-de-açúcarBrazil stands internationally as the largest producer of sugarcane, a key crop for national agribusiness. In this crop, weeds can cause serious damage, thus, making its control necessary. To this end, chemical control is mainly based on herbicides. However, the exposure of rural workers to herbicides has been associated with several health problems in these individuals. Therefore, this paper seeks to raise awareness through a bibliographic survey of the importance of sugarcane culture, herbicide use in these crops, the risks to which rural workers are exposed, and which health problems can occur by handling and applying these products, as well as the legislation that supports these workers and the challenges to ensuring this legislation's effectiveness. A literature search was conducted using the integrative review method. The deleterious effects of workers' exposure to herbicides are well reported in the literature for different active ingredients. Brazil has dense legislation in force focused on occupational safety, which, in theory, would make the handling and application of herbicides and other pesticides a low-risk activity for rural workers' health. However, unfortunately, this is not the picture seen in many agricultural regions of the country, mainly due to the lack of use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Actions such as periodic training for these professionals are necessary, and a more rigorous inspection of their use should also be implemented. Keywords: Contamination; Personal Protective Equipment; Exposure.O Brasil se destaca internacionalmente como o maior produtor de cana-de-açúcar, uma cultura chave para o agronegócio nacional. Nessa cultura, a ocorrência de plantas daninhas pode ocasionar graves prejuízos, motivo pelo qual seu controle se faz necessário. Para isso, se faz uso principalmente do controle químico à base de herbicidas. Entretanto, a exposição dos trabalhadores rurais a herbicidas tem sido associada à ocorrência de diversos problemas de saúde nesses indivíduos. Nesse sentido, este trabalho busca levantar, por meio de levantamento bibliográfico, a importância da cultura da cana-de-açúcar e o uso de herbicidas nessas culturas, os riscos aos quais os trabalhadores rurais estão expostos e quais agravos à saúde estão sujeitos pelo manuseio e aplicação desse produtos, bem como qual é a legislação que ampara esses trabalhadores e quais os desafios para garantir a efetividade dessa legislação. Para tanto, conduziu-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica utilizando o método de revisão integrativa. Os efeitos deletérios da exposição de trabalhadores à herbicidas são bem reportados na literatura para diferentes princípios ativos. O Brasil tem uma densa legislação vigente voltada para segurança do trabalho, o que, teoricamente, tornaria o manuseio e a aplicação de herbicidas e outros defensivos agrícolas uma atividade de baixo risco para a saúde do trabalhador rural. Todavia, infelizmente, esse não é o panorama visto em muitas regiões agrícolas do país, principalmente pelo não uso de Equipamentos de Proteção Individual (EPIs). Ações como treinamentos periódicos para esses profissionais se fazem necessárias e um maior rigor na fiscalização de uso também deve ser implementado. **Palavras-Chave**: Contaminação; Equipamentos de proteção individual; Exposição.ABEC2022-05-19info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/article/view/178410.20985/1980-5160.2022.v17n1.1784Sistemas & Gestão; v. 17 n. 1 (2022): ABRIL 20221980-516010.20985/1980-5160.2022.v17n1reponame:Sistemas & Gestãoinstname:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)instacron:UFFporenghttps://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/article/view/1784/1575https://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/article/view/1784/1586https://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/article/view/1784/1587https://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/article/view/1784/1588Copyright (c) 2022 Sistemas & Gestãohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Alves Monteiro da Silva, DiegoAlves Monteiro da Silva, SilasTrigueiro da Silva, Severino de Melo Félix, Handerson RaphaelFerraro de Andrade Pessoa, Gabriel Gustavo Eraldo Souza Araújo, José RayanBarbosa da Silva, João HenriqueLessa Bulhões, Luis EugênioOliveira Santos, João Paulo de2022-05-20T01:25:38Zoai:ojs.www.revistasg.uff.br:article/1784Revistahttps://www.revistasg.uff.br/sgPUBhttps://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/oai||sg.revista@gmail.com|| periodicos@proppi.uff.br1980-51601980-5160opendoar:2022-05-20T01:25:38Sistemas & Gestão - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)false |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane Riscos para a saúde do trabalhador e boas práticas de segurança do trabalho na aplicação de herbicidas em cana-de-açúcar |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane Alves Monteiro da Silva, Diego |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane |
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Risks to workers' health and good occupational safety practices in the application of herbicides in sugarcane |
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Alves Monteiro da Silva, Diego |
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Alves Monteiro da Silva, Diego Alves Monteiro da Silva, Silas Trigueiro da Silva, Severino de Melo Félix, Handerson Raphael Ferraro de Andrade Pessoa, Gabriel Gustavo Eraldo Souza Araújo, José Rayan Barbosa da Silva, João Henrique Lessa Bulhões, Luis Eugênio Oliveira Santos, João Paulo de |
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Alves Monteiro da Silva, Silas Trigueiro da Silva, Severino de Melo Félix, Handerson Raphael Ferraro de Andrade Pessoa, Gabriel Gustavo Eraldo Souza Araújo, José Rayan Barbosa da Silva, João Henrique Lessa Bulhões, Luis Eugênio Oliveira Santos, João Paulo de |
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Brazil stands internationally as the largest producer of sugarcane, a key crop for national agribusiness. In this crop, weeds can cause serious damage, thus, making its control necessary. To this end, chemical control is mainly based on herbicides. However, the exposure of rural workers to herbicides has been associated with several health problems in these individuals. Therefore, this paper seeks to raise awareness through a bibliographic survey of the importance of sugarcane culture, herbicide use in these crops, the risks to which rural workers are exposed, and which health problems can occur by handling and applying these products, as well as the legislation that supports these workers and the challenges to ensuring this legislation's effectiveness. A literature search was conducted using the integrative review method. The deleterious effects of workers' exposure to herbicides are well reported in the literature for different active ingredients. Brazil has dense legislation in force focused on occupational safety, which, in theory, would make the handling and application of herbicides and other pesticides a low-risk activity for rural workers' health. However, unfortunately, this is not the picture seen in many agricultural regions of the country, mainly due to the lack of use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Actions such as periodic training for these professionals are necessary, and a more rigorous inspection of their use should also be implemented. Keywords: Contamination; Personal Protective Equipment; Exposure. |
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