Pesticide exposure and health problem of country residents

Introduction
A cross sectional study was done among local rural residents to investigate the use of pesticides and health problems resulting from pesticide exposure, so that safety measures against pesticide poisoning can be effectively brought.

Methods
The pesticide use and health problem resulting from pesticide exposure, the protective way and other necessary data were asked with questionnaire among rural residents. This study covered 57 village groups and 3242 people (1647 male, 1595 female) .

Results
1315 people had pesticides exposure history, accounting for 40.6% and 51 poisoning cases resulting from pesticides exposure were reported. Most people with pesticides exposure were peasants and residents living in local areas. They had less education with a less average income than total population. Female had a higher exposure opportunity than male, especially those aged from 40 to 60 ages. Various types of pesticides were used; the ranking in order was insecticides (85.6%), then herbicide (73.7%) and bactericide (32.8%). 40.6% of peasants liked to use mixed pesticides in their agriculture activities. Most pesticides were used in summer and autumn, temporally centered on morning and afternoon with about two hours of spraying. 78.3% of spraying apparatus were manual pressure sprayers, which had a lower quality with a frequent leak of pesticides. Sprayers had weak self prevention consciousness. The ratio of non-usage of glove, mask and glasses was 63.3%, 86.2% and 92.0%, respectively. Most of peasants learned to the guidance from professional in local Agriculture Technology Station when they bought and used pesticides. Lots of peasants looked forward to getting information on how to use pesticides correctly and how to protect themselves effectively.

Discussion
The comprehensive preventive measures, for example, correct use of pesticides and standardized operation should be adopted to protect peasant health in the agriculture pesticides actives. We also should strengthen health promotion to enhance peasant themselves protecting cognition.