Risk Communication

CHEMICAL

AMOUNTS

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In the household

TOXINS EXPOSURE HEALTH EFFECT

Community Self Assessment as a Health Education Strategy

During Spraying

Mapping of Thai Villages in Preparation for Studies

IPM Graduates Planning Self Reporting Meeting

(Indonesia)

TRAINING PROCESS

Five Day Training

• Day 1 & Day 2: Classroom exercises homework to practice data collection

• Day 3: Sample data collection

• Day 4: Data analysis

• Day 5: Feedback to Community

Thai children analyzing data from the field

Thai children identifying pesticides in use

1. PESTICIDES IN USE

HOUSEHOLD PESTICIDES house #____Brand name:_____________________Common name: ___________________Type: ___________________________Chemical Family:__________________ (optional fill in later in class)

LD50 value : _______________________(optional fill in later in class)

WHO class:______________________ ( fill in later in class)

Can you smell it?______Is it leaking?_______Is it open?_________

Folicur

open

leaking

Brand Name Type Active Ingredient (common name)

Chemical Family WHO Hazard Level

Folidol In methyl parathion Op Ia

Monitor In methamidophos Op Ib

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

Pesticide Classification

IPM trainers sorting pesticides by WHO hazard levels

Pile Sorting Pesticides

Ia Extremely Hazardous

• Methly parathion- FOLIDOL

• Mevinphos-PHOSDRIN

Ib Highly Hazardous

•Methamidophos-MONITOR

•Monocrotophos-AZODRIN

•Methomyl-LANNATE

II –Moderately Hazardously

•Endosulfan – THIODAN

•Paraquat – GRAMOXONE

•Carbyl- SEVIN

•Deltamethrin-DECIS

•DDT

•Cypermethrin-VISHER

Pesticide Classification by WHO Hazard Level and Chemical Family for Community Presentation

OP-organophosphates

• Methly parathion- FOLIDOL

• Mevinphos-PHOSDRIN

• Methamidophos-MONITOR

• Monocrotophos-AZODRIN

• Methamidophos-MONITOR

C-Carbamates

• Methomyl-LANNATE

• Carbyl- SEVIN

OC-Organochlorines

• Endosulfan – THIODAN

• DDT

PY-Pyrethroids

•Deltamethrin-DECIS

•Cypermethrin-VISHER

WHO HAZARD LEVELS CHEMICAL FAMILIES

Results of Community Pesticide Survey in Cambodia

Where Farmers Cannot Read the Labels

Pesticide Book Made by Thai School Children for Their Village

Pesticides sorted by Chemical Family in Community Meeting

(Cambodia)

Community Feedback

Community Feedback Meeting Demonstrating How to Read Pesticide Labels

(Cambodia)

    

  

 

AMOUNT OF PESTICIDE SOLUTION USED BY FARMERS

Farmer a.Tank

size lt.

b. tanks

/session

c.sessionsper week

d.# weeks

per season

e.sessions/season(c*d)

f.seasons per

year

Liters exposure per

yeara*b*e*f

 Farmer- nowFarmer-IPM

             

               

               

Total-nowTotal-IPM

             

fill in column ‘c.’ and ‘d.’only if spraying on a weekly basis. Otherwise use column ‘e.’ showing how many spray sessions per season.

2. Estimating Amounts of Pesticide Use per Year

Farmer Interviewing Another Farmer about Amounts of Pesticides Used (Vietnam)

Farmers Drawing Common Spray Practices

(Sri Lanka)

3. EXPOSURE DURING SRAYING

leaking tank 75% (Thai)

wet back 100% (Thai-

Indo

spraying up wind 50% (Indo)

pesticide on hands (100%)

Smoking 35% (Indo)

3. Exposure During Spraying

hats 69%

goggles 7%

masks 36%

long sleeves 56%

gloves 4%

long skirt/pants 57%

rubber boots 10%

wet 98%

wet 98%

wet 91%

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Data Summary (n=1067)

Thai children’s presentation for parents on exposure

Thai children’s presentation for parents on hazardous behaviors that increase contamination pathways/risks

Women Farmers Preparing Data Summary for Community Meeting on Exposure and Personal Protection Equipment

(Vietnam)

4. HOUSEHOLD MAPPING

water storage =

cooking area =

pesticides =

food storage =

Garbage area:

Safe =Unsafe =

Storage Disposal

Water

Food

Animal

Child

Thai Students Displaying the Results of their Household Survey

Thai Household Details for Parents

Body Mapping with Cotton Farmers in India

5. Signs and Symptoms of Acute Pesticide Poisoning:

Body Mapping

Before spray

After spray

Next morning

= Pesticide related?

+ + + = No or chronic effect

+ + 0 = No

+ 0 + = Unclear maybe (late effect or another problem)

+ 0 0 = No

0 0 0 = No

0 0 + = Yes (late effect)

0 + 0 = Yes (short effect)

0 + + = Yes (prolonged effect)

Exercise to Interpret if Signs and Symptoms are Pesticide Related

Exam for tremors

(Vietnam)

Examining for Gait Disorders

(Indonesia)

Presenting Surveillance Data at Community Meeting

(Vietnam)

Community Self Surveillance

Sri Lanka

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

And More PPE

Parent Activity Questions Source of food and water Parent occupation? Shower after working before holding children? Work clothes and shoes in the house? Laundry practices ? Use household pesticides ? Garden pesticides ? House and car cleaning ? Pesticide storage? Location of day care? House near fields?

Key Household Safety Points

1. Proximity2. Take home3. Garden4. Animals5. Recycle6. Decant7. Storage8. Disposal9. Child

play/daycare

“ Partly Trained Gorillas Always Run Down Streets Doing Cartwheels”