Mancini Francesca, Van Bruggen Ariena H C, Jiggins Janice L S, Ambatipudi Arun C, Murphy Helen
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2005 Jul-Sep;11(3):221-32. doi: 10.1179/107735205800246064.
A season-long assessment of acute pesticide poisoning among farmers was conducted in three villages in India. Fifty female cotton growers reported the adverse effects experienced after exposures to pesticides by themselves and by their male relatives (n=47). The study documented the serious consequences of pesticide use for the health of farmers, particularly women field helpers. Typically female tasks such as mixing concentrated chemicals and refilling spraying tanks were as hazardous as direct pesticide application. Of 323 reported events, 83.6% were associated with signs and symptoms of mild to severe poisoning, and 10% of the pesticide application sessions were associated with three or more neurotoxic/systemic signs and symptoms typical of poisoning by organophosphates, which were used in 47% of the applications. Although in 6% of the spray sessions the workers' neurotoxic effects were extremely serious, none sought medical care. Low-income marginal farmers were more often subjected to severe poisoning than were landlords.
在印度的三个村庄对农民进行了为期一个季节的急性农药中毒评估。50名女性棉花种植者报告了她们自己以及男性亲属（共47人）接触农药后出现的不良反应。该研究记录了农药使用对农民健康，尤其是女性田间帮手健康造成的严重后果。诸如混合浓缩化学品和重新填充喷雾罐等典型的女性任务与直接施用农药一样危险。在报告的323起事件中，83.6%与轻度至重度中毒的体征和症状有关，10%的农药施用时段与三种或更多典型的有机磷中毒神经毒性/全身体征和症状有关，47%的施用使用了有机磷。尽管在6%的喷雾时段工人的神经毒性影响极其严重，但无人寻求医疗护理。低收入边缘农民比地主更容易遭受严重中毒。
