Abstract
The effect of pesticide use on human health is a problem that has received attention from the scientific community worldwide, especially in central countries, where the highest number of deaths due to human exposure to these agents is observed. Production and productivity increased through the progress of agro-industrialization, but risks to the environment and health were not taken into account. Over time, several cases of environmental contamination and public health problems, poisoning of rural workers, and food residues were observed. These factors triggered the recognition of risks arising from pesticide abuse. This study aimed to characterize pesticide poisonings reported to a toxicological information center of the state of Goiás through a retrospective analysis from 2005 to 2015. Data were mapped and tabulated by the purpose of pesticides, the circumstance of poisoning, and case development. The poisoning profile pointed to a higher occurrence of work- and suicide-related poisonings, with a predominance of poisoned patients, although chronic effects were not recorded, suggesting a false diagnosis of cure.
Highlights
Resumo Os efeitos do uso de agrotóxicos sobre a saúde humana é um problema que tem merecido atenção da comunidade científica em todo o mundo, sobretudo nos países centrais, onde se observa o maior número de mortes decorrentes da exposição humana a esses agentes
Production and productivity increased through the progress of agro-industrialization, but risks to the environment and health were not taken into account
Several cases of environmental contamination and public health problems, poisoning of rural workers, and food residues were observed. These factors triggered the recognition of risks arising from pesticide abuse
Summary
Com a Tabela 1 podemos entender que Goiânia/GO não é um dos municípios com maiores taxas de pessoas intoxicadas quando relacionada com a quantidade de habitantes. A fim de evitar que os dados apresentados possam ser ocultados devido a desproporção, as informações contidas na Figura 2 referem-se aos casos de notificação de intoxicações por agrotóxico por habitante de cada município. Observando a Figura 2, pode se inferir que a Microrregião Sudoeste Goiano é a que apresenta a maior quantidade de notificações de intoxicações por habitante, justificada pela grande incidência de monocultivos agrícolas como soja, milho e cana-de-açúcar, que juntos foram os três setores que mais consomem agrotóxicos no Brasil, com cerca de 65% dos agrotóxicos vendidos no país, segundo Theisen[18] e SINDAG19
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