Pesticide use in Mexico: decades of abuse.

L Simonian - 1988 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Mexico was one of the first countries to adopt the'green revolution'. Although the new
technology increased yields, it is argued that it did so at great cost to society and the …

Pesticides, caution, and experimentation in st. Vincent, Eastern Caribbean

LS Grossman - Human Ecology, 1992 - Springer
Understanding the problem of pesticide misuse in the Third World requires analysis of both
political-economic forces and local-level variations in peasant behavior and attitudes. This …

Pesticide use and safety training in Mexico: the experience of farmworkers employed in North Carolina

TA Arcury, SA Quandt, P Rao… - Human …, 2001 - meridian.allenpress.com
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States are now overwhelmingly immigrants
from Mexico. Pesticide exposure among these farmworkers is a major occupational health …

Pesticide management by subsistence farmers in Mexico: baseline of a pilot study to design an intervention program

BM Sánchez-Gervacio, R Bedolla-Solano… - … and Ecological Risk …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pesticides optimize agricultural and livestock activity but their improper management
damages health and the environment. The objective of this study was to carry out a baseline …

[图书][B] Cultivating crisis: the human cost of pesticides in Latin America

DL Murray - 1994 - degruyter.com
COTTO NI ANDTHEPESTICIDECR IS IS 29 dren whose blood was sampled showed
indications of pesticide exposure [McConnell et al. submitted). I began to realize that the …

Pesticide exposure in Chile and population health: urgency for decision making

L Zúñiga-Venegas, C Saracini, F Pancetti… - Gaceta …, 2020 - europepmc.org
In the last 25 years, Chile has had an expanding role as an agro-export country in the global
economy, with efficient rates of productivity in the region, based on the technological …

Human health, environmental, and economic effects of pesticide use in potato production in Ecuador

D Yanggen, D Cole, C Crissman, S Sherwood - 2003 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
This research brief use qualitative data to prove that pesticides are greatly affecting health in
the Ecuadorian Andes for men and women alike. The researchers note that traces of …

Solving the pesticide problem in Latin America: A model for health-sector empowerment

MC Keifer, DI Murray, R Amador… - New Solutions: A …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND 12) Better regulatory control of pesticide exports
has been public health problem~~ hich accompany the proposed at the international level …

Agrochemical exposure and farmworker health in the Caribbean: a local/global perspective

S Andreatta - Human Organization, 1998 - meridian.allenpress.com
This article describes the impact of recent agricultural transformations on farmworker health
and the environment on the islands of Antigua, Barbados, and St. Vincent. Primary and …

[引用][C] Balancing risks and resources: applying pesticides without using protective equipment in Southern Mexico

LM Hunt, RT Ojanguren… - … in public health, 1999 - Oxford University Press New York