Agriculture pesticides use as tool for monitoring health hazards

 

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Autores: Bravo Durán, Virya, de la Cruz Malavassi, Elba, Herrera Ledezma, Gustavo, Ramírez Muñoz, Fernando
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2013
Descripción:In Costa Rica the use of toxic pesticides has increased. This is mainly due to the development of resistant pests, and the need for certain agricultural export products to maintain its position in the international marketplace. Humans when in contact with pesticides can experience adverse health effects, ranging from acute to chronic and that manifest in different degrees. To generate indicators of the hazards arising in the human health posed by the use of these substances in some crops, the amount of pesticides applied and their toxicity was used. Data of pesticide use were collected directly from producers, through a questionnaire. The active ingredients identified were characterized in accordance with their toxicity and classified according to the manifestation of the effects. The indicators used were the amount of pesticides applied (kg ai / ha / year) for the most considered toxic class: 1-effects for acute toxicity on high-grade and, 2- the pesticides with three or more positive chronic effects. It is recommended to monitor the use of methyl bromide, metam sodium, terbufos, ethoprophos, endosulfan, MCPA and carbofuran for high to extreme acute toxicity, and the one of mancozeb, paraquat, diazinon, 2,4-D and carbofuran for chronic effects.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/4960
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/4960
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Palabra clave:crops
pesticides
quantity
toxicity
indicators
hazards
health
cultivos
plaguicidas
cantidad
toxicidad
indicadores
peligros
salud