Paraquat use among farmers in Korea after the ban
- Authors
- Bang, Ye Jin; Kim, Jaeyoung; Lee, Won Jin
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Farmers; legislation; paraquat; perception; risk factors
- Citation
- ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, v.72, no.4, pp.231 - 234
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
- Volume
- 72
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 231
- End Page
- 234
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/86331
- DOI
- 10.1080/19338244.2016.1192982
- ISSN
- 1933-8244
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to examine the proportion of paraquat use among farmers and to describe their epidemiologic characteristics after the paraquat ban in 2012. We interviewed 249 farmers in Korea in 2014. Approximately 20% of the farmers reported using paraquat in 2014. Farmers with longer farming experience, longer pesticide application years, and upland farming reported an increased risk of paraquat use although the trend was not statistically significant. The majority of the farmers used preexisting paraquat (85.7%), but some farmers purchased it illegally (14.3%). Farmers who used paraquat perceived paraquat as a dangerous chemical; however, they disagreed with the necessity of the paraquat ban.
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