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Trabalho rural e saúde: intoxicações por agrotóxicos no município de Teresópolis - RJ

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  • Soares, Wagner Lopes
  • Freitas, Elpídio Antônio Venturine de
  • Coutinho, José Aldo Gonçalves

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In this article, we analyze the characteristics of rural work in Teresópolis, focusing on the associations between pesticides use indica-tors. We intend to subsidize discussions about the legislation on pesti-cide use. Data includes personal and farms characteristics, pesticides and intoxication variables collected through questionnaires applied in an IBGE research conducted in Teresópolis municipality – RJ. Through exploratory data analysis and logistical regression, it was possible to find risk and protection factors related to pesticide intoxication. The pa-per highlights the need to create regulatory policies, to minimize risk and maximize protection factors related with rural workers health.....Este estudo procura avaliar as características do trabalho rural no município de Teresópolis, procurando encontrar associações entre variáveis que indicam o uso indevido de agrotóxicos e a intoxicação por esse tipo de produto entre aplicadores de agrotóxicos. Adicionalmente, pretende-se criar subsídios à discussão das práticas de regulação ao uso desses produtos. Os dados foram obtidos de uma pesquisa realizada pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), que aplicou, em Teresópolis – RJ, questionários que contemplavam variáveis de características pessoais, do estabelecimento, do uso de agrotóxicos e de intoxicação por esses produtos. Através de análise exploratória dos dados e de uma regressão logística foi possível encontrar fatores de risco e de proteção relacionados à saúde dos trabalhadores, no que diz respeito à intoxicação por uso de agrotóxicos. Tal fato aponta para urgentes compromissos no sentido de criar políticas de regulação capazes de reduzir essas características de risco, bem como de ampliar os fatores de proteção à saúde dos trabalhadores rurais.

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  • Soares, Wagner Lopes & Freitas, Elpídio Antônio Venturine de & Coutinho, José Aldo Gonçalves, 2005. "Trabalho rural e saúde: intoxicações por agrotóxicos no município de Teresópolis - RJ," Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural-RESR), Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural, vol. 43(4), pages 1-17, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:rdecag:156940
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156940
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