中文摘要：病虫害防治一直是塞拉利昂市农民面临的主要问题，鸟类、啮齿类动物、昆虫、甲壳动物等生物长期危害农产品产量。为了保证产量，塞拉利昂市农民大量使用杀虫剂，但是杀虫剂滥用同时会对环境和农民的健康产生负面的影响。本文旨在探讨塞拉利昂市杀虫剂的使用对环境和稻农健康的潜在影响，研究走访了500位农民和100位医务人员，结果发现60%的杀虫剂为非法施用，71%的稻农没有进行任何农药使用培训，施用过农药的稻农比未施用过农药的稻农更多的出现恶心、呼吸系统紊乱和视力模糊等症状。
外文摘要：One of the biggest challenges faced by Sierra Leonean farmers is pest control. Birds, rodents, insects, crustaceans and other organisms can drastically reduce yields. In order to prevent these organisms from destroying their crop, farmers use pesticides. However there are reports that these chemicals are being misused and such misuse is having a negative impact on the environment and the health of the farmers. This research study aimed to investigate the use of pesticides in rice fields and its potential effects on the environment and on the farmers of Sierra Leone. Five hundred farmers and one hundred health workers across the country were interviewed. Fifty focus group discussions were also completed. Field observations were also undertaken to see how farmers apply pesticides to their farms and the possible threats these methods have on human health and the environment. It is clear that a wide range of pesticides are used by rice farmers in Sierra Leone with 60% of the pesticides used entering the country illegally. Most farmers have no knowledge about the safe handling of pesticides as 71% of them have never received any form of training. The pesticides kill both target and non-target organisms some of which enter the food chain. Cases of health problems such as nausea, respiratory disorders and blurred vision investigated in this research are significantly higher among farmers who use pesticides than those who do not use pesticides. Cases of pesticide intoxication are not investigated by health workers but results obtained from interviews with them also indicated that cases of pesticides related symptoms are significantly higher in environments where pesticides are used than those in which pesticides are not used. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
外文关键词：Pesticides, Environment, Health
作者：Sankoh, Alhaji I.; Whittle, Rebecca; Semple, Kirk T.; Jones, Kevin C.; Sweetman, Andrew J.
作者单位：Univ Lancaster, Lancaster Environm Ctr, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, England.
期刊名称：ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
期刊影响因子：5.929
出版年份：2016
出版刊次：9
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