Introduction: The health impact caused by the use of pesticides on farmers is mainly due to poor practices in managing them. Objective: To identify possible adverse effects on health and the environment associated with the use and management of pesticides in potato crops. Metodology: cross sectional study in the municipality of Totoro, Cauca department (Colombia), with a sample of 125 workers. Each selected individual survey was applied and collected a sample of 10 ml of blood to determine the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase both plasma and erythrocytes by Michel technique. Results: 74.4% (n = 93) of workers employed pesticides in their work and 49.6% (n = 62) used them at home. The highest frequency of pesticide use both at ...
In Costa Rica the use of toxic pesticides has increased. This is mainly due to the development of re...
The present paper investigates pesticide application types adopted by smallholder potato producers i...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Incidence des pesticides sur les producteurs de po...
Introduction: The health impact caused by the use of pesticides on farmers is mainly due to poor pra...
Introduction. In 2005, the Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, the governmental agency responsib...
El objetivo fue identificar los plaguicidas empleados por agricultores del Putumayo, evaluando el cu...
Introduction. Due to the importance of acetylcholinesterase inhibiting chemicals as pesticides in de...
Objetivo Caracterizar la forma en que los agricultores se exponen a los plaguicidas y se presenta la...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...
Objective. Acetylcholinesterase activity was measured in workers potentially exposed to pesticides t...
In Latin America, Colombia is in the third place in the consumption of pesticides, keeping in mind t...
Valuation of risk factors associated to the handling and exposure habits of organophosphates and car...
Pesticides or pesticides are considered chemical substances that act in the environment, in order to...
Introducción. En Colombia, la exposición a plaguicidas se ha convertido en un problema de salud públ...
Introducción: La exposición a plaguicidas es un tema de interés en salud pública por la gran cantida...
In Costa Rica the use of toxic pesticides has increased. This is mainly due to the development of re...
The present paper investigates pesticide application types adopted by smallholder potato producers i...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Incidence des pesticides sur les producteurs de po...
Introduction: The health impact caused by the use of pesticides on farmers is mainly due to poor pra...
Introduction. In 2005, the Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, the governmental agency responsib...
El objetivo fue identificar los plaguicidas empleados por agricultores del Putumayo, evaluando el cu...
Introduction. Due to the importance of acetylcholinesterase inhibiting chemicals as pesticides in de...
Objetivo Caracterizar la forma en que los agricultores se exponen a los plaguicidas y se presenta la...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...
Objective. Acetylcholinesterase activity was measured in workers potentially exposed to pesticides t...
In Latin America, Colombia is in the third place in the consumption of pesticides, keeping in mind t...
Valuation of risk factors associated to the handling and exposure habits of organophosphates and car...
Pesticides or pesticides are considered chemical substances that act in the environment, in order to...
Introducción. En Colombia, la exposición a plaguicidas se ha convertido en un problema de salud públ...
Introducción: La exposición a plaguicidas es un tema de interés en salud pública por la gran cantida...
In Costa Rica the use of toxic pesticides has increased. This is mainly due to the development of re...
The present paper investigates pesticide application types adopted by smallholder potato producers i...
French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Incidence des pesticides sur les producteurs de po...