Utilização de agrotoxicos em areas de reforma agraria no Estado do Parana

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

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The pesticides are in an important technology and widely spread out after the Second World War. Theyare substances used in the whole world to control diseases transmitted by vectors or intennediate hosts and each time more, used in agriculture as the main strategy in the field for the protection of agricultural cultures. In Brazil, the pesticides were introduced supported for the premise ofthe Green Revolution that fomented the use of chemical substances and mechanization. One of the social consequences related to this fact was the migration of part of the population of agricultural workers for the urban centers causing the disordered growth of the cities and with important repercussions on the way of life of the people. Also for tOOt they OOd remained in the field it OOd a worsen of the agriculturallabour conditions. It is in this conjuncture of crisis, of almost loss of identity, tOOt many struggle movements for the land OOd been bom, as the Landless Worker s Movement (MST). Regarding that the capitallack is one characteristics ofthis population and therefore it would limit the investments in the absorption of the technologies, and tOOt the inadequate handling of the pesticides can result in undesirable consequences to the health and the environment, the purpose of this work was evaluate the relationship with the MST workers of agrarian reform areas of the State of the Paraná and the use of pesticides, through an inquiry on the labour conditions. The results demonstra te tOOt the lack of own capital and the little credit availability to the seated workers has not limited this population in the use of pesticides in the agriculturallabour. Problems as much in the acquisition and storage of the products had been observed, as in the discarding of the contamined water of the equipment and the empty packings of pesticides. The use of gloves was the only individual protection equipment tOOt indicates an association to the manipulation of the pesticides, while the other questioned measures of security and OObits had been common as much to the people not-users as for users of pesticides. It was verified an average of 1 in each 5 workers exposed to the pesticides OOve already been poisoned by these products. Amongst them, 53.8% already OOd been intemed at least once due to damages caused by the product. The majority of the narratives about poisoning for exposition to the pesticides was registered in the culture of cotton with organophosphorates insecticides even they has been told tOOt the most used pesticide was the glifosate. The pesticides use related problems here identified can OOve very larger dimension if consider that this profile a1so can be found amongst the 584,655 families seated in last the seven years. According to the results obtained about using of pesticides by agrarian refonn areas people usually without agricultural experiences, and due to the degree of the problem, the urgent need of the implantation of programs regarding to the safe use of the pesticides and of the health surveillance to reduce the impacts on the environment and the health of the population is visible

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reforma agraria movimento dos sem-terra

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