Behaviors while Using Pesticides and Their Impact on Human Health

Authors

  • Vatinee Sanyod Faculty of Nursing, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University

Keywords:

pesticides using behavior, pesticides, the impacts on health

Abstract

Nowadays, the use of pesticides in agriculture is inevitable and has been continuously increasing and supporting agricultural development; however, pesticide usage may cause exploitation of agricultural workers. Pesticide usage has, therefore, affected people’s health, both acute and chronic, which can have mild to severe signs and symptoms. Pesticides accumulate in various organ systems in the body causing disorders and various diseases, especially cancer. Moreover, pesticides have also resulted in environmental contamination. These impacts usually result from users’ behaviors, exposure due to improper handling of pesticides, or exposure to pesticides over an extended period of time. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the impacts of pesticides and the appropriate uses of pesticides including (1) behaviors before using pesticides, (2) behaviors while using pesticides, (3) behaviors after using pesticides, and (4) the overall effects of pesticide usage, and, to offer alternative methods to control pests rather than using pesticides. Moreover, the findings from this paper may help health care professionals so these findings can be used to enhance the behaviors of farmers’ pesticides usage in order for them to know how to use pesticides safely and appropriately, thus, reducing the negative impacts from pesticides.

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2020-12-10

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Sanyod, V. . (2020). Behaviors while Using Pesticides and Their Impact on Human Health. EAU Heritage Journal Science and Technology (Online), 14(3), 18–29. retrieved from https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/EAUHJSci/article/view/240111

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