SIKAP DAN PERILAKU BURUH PENYEMPROT YANG KERACUNAN PESTISIDA ORGANOFOSFAT DI KECAMATAN PACET - JAWA BARAT:

Abstract

Cianjur district is famous of its various vegetables using pesticide in their cultivations. Monitoring by the district health worker in I 995 showed, there were 31,5% farmers mildly and 9,6% moderately poison by pesticide. The purpose of this cross sectional study in Pacet subdistrict, Cianjur district West Java is to observe and describe the attitude and behaviour of, as well as, pesticide handling by pesiicide handlers who had been poisoned. Subject of the study is pesticide handlers with cholinest• erase activity :,; 75%. The cholinesterase activity is determined by tintometrcally using Lovibond Tintometer Field Kit. The result showed that 3 l , 13% of pesticide handlers cholinesterase activity= 75% (mildly poisoned) and 18,18% had cholinesterase activity 62,5% (moderately poisoned). Other than the cloth they wore, only 2,86% pesticide handlers wearing complete protection, 17, 14% wearing gloves, shous and hat, 77,14%, wearing only hat, 68,6% pesticide handlers didn't the habbitdrinking and smoking while spraying, 9,5% drinking and smoking while spraying, 9,5% drinking, I 1,4% smoking and I 0,5% had both drinking and smoking habbit. The study found that 71,43% pesticide handlers using dose exceeding the dose at the label, and the other 28,57% obeyed the recommended dose. Only 67,62% pesticide handlers took a bath immediately after spraying.