Chronic pesticide poisoning in the tobacco farming

ABSTRACT This paper aimed to search chronic poisoning by pesticides and its relation with the process of work in tobacco farming. The sample consisted of 46 individuals, who have been studied, with a quali-quantitative approach, signs and symptoms of intoxications by pesticide, way of life configured by its insertion in the work and the consumption and its correlation with the current means of production. Anamnesis detailing the labor history, physical and complementary exams have been carried out. Minor psychiatric disorders, loss of sensorineural hearing, organophosphate-induced delayed polyneuropathy, configuring over 20 cases of chronical intoxication were identified.