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KMID : 0379319840090010018
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Korean Journal of Rural Medicine
1984 Volume.9 No. 1 p.18 ~ p.26
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A Socio-medical Study on the Usage and Poisoning of Pesticides
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차민영/Cha, Min-Young
차형훈/염용태/Cah, Hyung-Hun/Yum, Yong-Tae
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Abstract
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With the increase of using pesticides, pesticide poisonings become more frequent. In the previous epidemiological study on pesticide poisoning and the reports of the authorities concerned, it is carefully affirmed that pesticide poisonings are caused by farmers ignorance and negligence in using the pesticides. But the pesticide poisoning should be taken into account in terms of the person who sprays the pesticides, its spraying process, farming style and farmers´ socio-economic conditions. And based on the understanding mentioned above, preventive measures for pesticide poisoning should be established.
In this socio-medical point of view this study examined the public health. problems caused by using pesticides and the treatment of pesticide poisoning, based on the interviews with farmers in a area of Kyunggi -Do about the spraying process of pesticides, poisoning experiences and its treatments.
The results are as follows ;
1) The style of spraying pesticides in the target area is mostly an individual one, not cooperative one. And the subjects of spraying are householders, whose educational backgrounds are beneath notice. More than 25 of the subjects are women or old men of 60 years old or so. These are seen to derive from the socio-economic status of Korean agricultural families ; their younger generation´s moving to greater cities and their petty farming styles.
2) As for the safety measures for the spraying of pesticides, those which have nothing to do with the economic problems such as efficient spraying and productivity, are well obeyed. On the other hand, some safety measures as the use of safety devices, and spraying time, the degree of dilution of pesticides and the spraying -method in windy days, are not obeyed very well, for to keep those makes spraying difficult to do and productivity worse. These facts indicate that the safety measures for using pesticides must be directly concerned with the spraying process, farming style and farmers´ socio - economic status, rather than the subject´s knowledge or carefulness.
3) Even in cases of poisoning they do rarely consult the doctors. This is caused by the problem of their locality and transportation since one should pass away a day even in the busiest season to consult doctors, and by their low socio-economic status.
4) The epidemiological studies on pesticide poisonings should be necessarily led to a socio -medical one which are concerned together with the spraying process of pesticides, farming style, farmer´s socio-economic status and discrepancies in public health policies between agricultural communities and urban ones.
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