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Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania
Commercialization of horticulture farming, expansion of farms, and the practice of monoculture favor the proliferation of pests, which in turn increases the need for pesticides. Increased exposure to pesticides is associated with inadequate knowledge on the hazardous nature of pesticides, poor hygie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630217715237 |
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author | Mrema, Ezra Jonathan Ngowi, Aiwerasia Vera Kishinhi, Stephen Simon Mamuya, Simon Henry |
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description | Commercialization of horticulture farming, expansion of farms, and the practice of monoculture favor the proliferation of pests, which in turn increases the need for pesticides. Increased exposure to pesticides is associated with inadequate knowledge on the hazardous nature of pesticides, poor hygiene practices, lack of availability of washing facilities, and insufficient adherence to precautionary instructions on pesticide labels. Mitigating the risks posed by pesticides is considered a less compelling interest than alleviating poverty. Women working in horticulture in Tanzania usually have low levels of education and income and lack decision-making power even on matters relating to their own health. This contributes to pesticide exposure and other health challenges. Because of multiple factors, some of which act as study confounders, few studies on exposure to pesticides and health effects have been conducted among women. This review identified factors that contribute to the increased health effects among women working in the horticultural industry and how these effects relate to pesticide exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-54845502017-07-07 Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania Mrema, Ezra Jonathan Ngowi, Aiwerasia Vera Kishinhi, Stephen Simon Mamuya, Simon Henry Environ Health Insights Review Commercialization of horticulture farming, expansion of farms, and the practice of monoculture favor the proliferation of pests, which in turn increases the need for pesticides. Increased exposure to pesticides is associated with inadequate knowledge on the hazardous nature of pesticides, poor hygiene practices, lack of availability of washing facilities, and insufficient adherence to precautionary instructions on pesticide labels. Mitigating the risks posed by pesticides is considered a less compelling interest than alleviating poverty. Women working in horticulture in Tanzania usually have low levels of education and income and lack decision-making power even on matters relating to their own health. This contributes to pesticide exposure and other health challenges. Because of multiple factors, some of which act as study confounders, few studies on exposure to pesticides and health effects have been conducted among women. This review identified factors that contribute to the increased health effects among women working in the horticultural industry and how these effects relate to pesticide exposure. SAGE Publications 2017-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5484550/ /pubmed/28690397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630217715237 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Review Mrema, Ezra Jonathan Ngowi, Aiwerasia Vera Kishinhi, Stephen Simon Mamuya, Simon Henry Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania |
title | Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania |
title_full | Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania |
title_fullStr | Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania |
title_full_unstemmed | Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania |
title_short | Pesticide Exposure and Health Problems Among Female Horticulture Workers in Tanzania |
title_sort | pesticide exposure and health problems among female horticulture workers in tanzania |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630217715237 |
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