Incidence of pesticides on human organism: literature review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i68p7421-7432Keywords:
Pesticides, Rural workers, Occupational exposure, Intoxication, BiomedicAbstract
Objective: To show the impacts of the use of pesticides on the human body that cause various health problems and, in some cases, lead to fatalities, bringing methods used to combat intoxication. Method: The study was carried out by an integrative bibliographic review, selecting articles from the SciELO, PubMed, MEDLINE databases and the BVS platform, in publications from 2016 to 2021. Results: The exposed theme proved to be important and can be used to provide knowledge, especially to rural workers who handle pesticides. Conclusion: In this study, a great importance was observed in the subject in question, as it made it possible to observe the harm caused in the lives of farmers who are most affected by having direct contact with agrochemicals, and of the entire population that consumes contaminated food in excess, bringing new knowledge to health professionals, in particular to biomedical scientis.