Citation

Faria NM, Fassa AG, Facchini LA. Cien. Saude Colet. 2007; 12(1): 25-38.

Vernacular Title

Intoxicacao por agrotoxicos no Brasil: os sistemas oficiais de informacao e

Affiliation

Servico de Vigilancia Epidemiologica, Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Bento Goncalves, Bento Goncalves, RS, 95700-000.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17680056

Abstract

Brazil is one of the world leaders in pesticide consumption and exposed workers are numerous and diversified. Acute poisonings are just the most visible aspect of pesticide impact on human health. An assessment of many official information systems that notify pesticide poisoning concluded that none of them performed appropriately the role of a surveillance system. Only acute and severe cases are notified. One of the main gaps concerns exposure information: the only official source (the Agronomic Prescriptions) has many limitations and is not available for research. A review of published articles in Brazil shows a quantitative and qualitative increase of studies in this area with many different approaches. The impact of such a high chemical burden and the huge numbers of workers exposed are two important reasons for the development of an epidemiological research on pesticide poisoning, an issue that has still a vast field to cover in Brazil.

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