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KMID : 0358119810070020085
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
1981 Volume.7 No. 2 p.85 ~ p.91
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A STUDY ON ORGANOPHOSPHORUS POISONING IN A KOREAN FARM AREA
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鄭先根/Jung, Sun-keun
崔東昱/朴恒培/Choi, Dong-wook/Park, Hung-bae
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Abstract
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Recently, there has been a rapid increase in the agricultural use of pesticides throughout: the world. In Korea, the amount of pesticide consumption has increased more than 15 times during last 14 years (1965-1979) and this, consequently has become a serious health hazard to the farmers.
The author interviewed with 403 farmers who had sprayed (once at least or more) the organophosporus pesticides during the summer (May thru September) of 1951 and investigated, with a predesigned questionnaire from, the rate and clinical manifestation of poisoning, a safety or preventive measures carried out and the type of treatment given.
The result was as follows.
1. Among 403 farmers interviewed, 79 experienced one or more of the symptoms of poisoning. Applying this rate to entire farming population( 6, 765) of the village, the estimated number of poisoning this summer was about 400(6. 9,°0, age adjusted). Of these, 60.8% was classified as mild in severity, 26.6 ° % moderate and 12.7% severe.
2. Symptoms and signs experienced after the spray; the order of frequency was the same as that of other investigators, while the rate of appearance of each symptom was generally lower.
3. Use of protective devices; 163 cases wore mask alone (made of gauze), 88 cases mask and gloves and another 88 cases-used no protective device at all. The highest rate of protection was observed in those worn both mask and gloves.
4. No safety education has been given to any one of the farmers investigated. Most (90. 6%´0) of the respondents obtained the information about the pesticide by reading the direction attached to the package, from colleagues or someone in the agricultural advisory office of the area After the spray, 84.9 of the respondent took bath and 93.5% took direction of wind into consideration during work.
5. In spite of their deep concern with the prevention of poisoning as shown above, their attitude toward the medical care of the poisoned was quite dissatisfactory. Only a quarter of the poisoned visited a clinic and one third of severe cases (with disturbance of consciousness) did not receive treatment by the physician. Even those visited a clinic missed the chance of early treatment simply by waiting and seeing at home.
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