Original Research Article I Volume 11 I Issue 1 I 2023
Effects of pesticide use in agriculture and its impact on human health
Shailaja K
Biolife, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2023, pp 47-50
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7747366
Abstract:
Going by the characterization of pesticides, they are chemical substances that are made use of to eliminate animals, insects, plant and fungal bugs in cultivation, at home as well as in institutions. Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the various aspects of pesticide use in agriculture and to study the effect of pesticides use in agriculture on human health. Agricultural community was taken for this study and areas were randomly chosen. All farmers, both men and women were interviewed if they were working in an agricultural field. The most commonly used pesticides according to the sprayers were Rogar/Dimethoate (55%), Ekalux/Qunalphos (49.4 %), Endosulphan (48.5%) and Monocrotophos (45.9%). While pesticides were sprayed, non sprayers (40.1%), including women (19.3%) continued to work in the same field, which exposed them to pesticides (Table 5). Time of reference for the non-sprayers was while working in the field during or after pesticide spraying. These signs and symptoms were reported by a large number of sprayers. 373 sprayers (86.1%) and 156 (78.8%) of non-sprayers reported at least one of these signs and symptoms.
Keywords:
Pesticides, Monocrotophos, Endosulphan, Health, Ekalux, Agriculture
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Article Dates:
Received: 2 1 January 2022; Accepted: 27 February 2023; Published online: 1 7 March 2023
How To Cite:
Shailaja K. (2023). Effects of pesticide use in agriculture and its impact on human health. Effects of Pesticide Use in Agriculture and Its Impact on Human Health, 11(1), 47–50. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7747366
