Reeves Margaret, Schafer Kristin S
Pesticide Action Network North America, 49 Powell Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2003 Jan-Mar;9(1):30-9. doi: 10.1179/107735203800328858.
Pesticide Action Network, United Farmworkers of America, and California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation analyzed California government data on agricultural poisonings and enforcement of worker safety standards. Nearly 500 pesticide poisonings were reported for California farmworkers every year from 1997 to 2000. The actual number of pesticide-related illnesses is unknown, since many poisonings go unreported. Most poisonings occurred as a result of soil fumigation and pesticide applications to grapes, oranges, and cotton. Pesticide drift accounted for 51% of the cases, and another 25% resulted from exposures to pesticide residues. Violations of worker safety laws were common, contributing to 41% of reported poisonings. No violations occurred in another 38%, indicating that existing laws inadequately protect workers from pesticide exposure. This snapshot of human rights abuse through pesticide exposure in California-the site of some of the world's most stringent pesticide use and worker safety laws-illustrates the global problem of pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers.
农药行动网络、美国联合农场工人组织和加利福尼亚农村法律援助基金会分析了加利福尼亚州政府关于农业中毒事件及工人安全标准执行情况的数据。1997年至2000年期间，加利福尼亚州农场工人每年报告的农药中毒事件近500起。由于许多中毒事件未被报告，与农药相关疾病的实际数量不明。大多数中毒事件是由土壤熏蒸以及对葡萄、橙子和棉花施用农药导致的。农药漂移占所有中毒事件的51%，另有25%是由于接触农药残留所致。违反工人安全法的情况很常见，在报告的中毒事件中占41%。另有38%的事件未发生违规行为，这表明现行法律在保护工人免受农药接触方面力度不足。加利福尼亚州是世界上一些最严格的农药使用和工人安全法律的实施地，这一通过农药接触侵犯人权的情况缩影，说明了农业工人农药中毒这一全球问题。
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