Abstract
Background: Pesticide poisoning is a global public health problem. With growing population and rapid industrialisation in Qatar, there has been a natural increase in pesticide usage and hence, exposure amongst the workers handling them. It is therefore vital to understand existing knowledge, attitudes and practices about handling pesticides. Methods: 100 municipality employees in Qatar who work with pesticides, were interviewed in person by trained bilingual staff using a structured questionnaire model. Results: The mean age of the workers was 37.4 (SD-9.9) Of the interviewed workers, 81% did not know the contents or the name of the pesticides they were handling at work. Unsafe behaviours such as preparation of pesticides at the site of its usage rather than in a specified preparation room (29.6%), non-compliance with wearing protective clothing (38.8%), handling of drinking water (22%) and food (10%) on site where pesticides are used and not washing clothes every day after work (45.9%) were observed. Wor...
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