Pesticide use and its consequences on the health of farmers in Mala

Summary

In Peru, the use of pesticides is very common in the agricultural sector to protect crop varieties, which in turn cause damage to health due to their toxic effects. The aim of this thesis was to

Objective: To assess the consequences of pesticides on the health of the population of Mala

- Peru.

Methodology: Non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional study. A total of 315 inhabitants of the District of Mala between the ages of 18 and 50 years were evaluated. The method used was a survey and the data collection instrument was a questionnaire.

Results: The most frequently used pesticides by farmers were Chlopyrifos (17.5%), Dicrotophos (14.6%) and Carbofuran (14%). The most frequent main symptoms of pesticide use were nausea (17.5%) and salivation (10.2%). The exposure time ranged from 30 minutes (23.8%) to 2 hours (16.8%).

Conclusions: Malathion (43.5%) was found to be the most commonly used pesticide by farmers in Mala and the main pesticide was headache (55.9%).

Keywords: Chlopyrifos, Pesticides, Symptomatology, Mala, Malathion, Protective Equipment