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Occupational Workers Understanding of Pesticide Labels and Safety Practices in Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Pesticide labels are the principal contact between the manufacturer and the end-user of the product as they convey essential use recommendations and safety information. So, this study aimed to assess the understanding level of pesticide labels, their field application practices, and observance of safety procedures among farmers, pesticide retailers, and applicators at Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. The data revealed that, the majority of participantshad limited formal education(44.7%),illiterate (15.3%) or did not receive anytraining or technical backingin the safety of pesticides.Insecticides were the highest used (44.8%) followed by herbicides (27.6%) and fungicides (13.8%).Moderately hazardous compounds were the most frequently in the study area and Chlorpyrifos was the highest used compound by subjects (85%) followed by Lambda-cyhalothrin (71%) then glyphosate (herbicide) (64%).When participants bought pesticides, their choice was mostly based on their experience, the type of pests, effectiveness, recommendations taken from other people, and inexpensiveness.Data indicated also that, pesticide retailers had a crucial role in the spreading of pesticideinformationamong end-users.Our results revealed that, there is a strong correlation between workers' education level and awareness about safety precautions and understanding the instructions of pesticide labels. The awareness of occupational workers and authorities needs to be increased regarding the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and correct storage procedures, handling, disposing of pesticidesandempty containers.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.94069.4430

Keywords

Pesticides, occupational workers, Labels, precautions safety

Authors

First Name

Shehata

Last Name

Shalaby

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

Pests and Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, 12622, El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

sh_shalabynrc@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-6232-4129

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Elmetwally

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany Department and National Research Centre 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, P.O. Code 12622, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

im_elmetwally@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-0013-4896

First Name

Gomaa

Last Name

Abou-elella

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National Research Centre

Email

gomaa_elella64@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Gehan

Last Name

Abdou

MiddleName

Y.

Affiliation

Pests and Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, 12622, El-Bohouth St. Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

gehanabdou5@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

65

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

31791

Issue Date

2022-06-01

Receive Date

2021-09-03

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

367

Page End

380

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_206830.html

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=206830

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Original Article

Type Code

297

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Occupational Workers Understanding of Pesticide Labels and Safety Practices in Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023