Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has, for many years, been involved in research on pesticide poisoning to analyse the reasons for the high number of pesticide poisoning cases in Sri Lanka and discuss ways of controlling the problem through changes in agricultural practices and com...

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Autor principal: Smit, L.A.M.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39294
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description The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has, for many years, been involved in research on pesticide poisoning to analyse the reasons for the high number of pesticide poisoning cases in Sri Lanka and discuss ways of controlling the problem through changes in agricultural practices and community involvement. More recently, research has focused on risk factors for deliberate and occupational pesticide poisoning and on the impact that a shift towards Integrated Pest Management (IPM) will have on the health of farming families. A workshop on ?Pesticides: Health Impacts and Alternatives? was held at the Colombo Hilton Hotel on 24 January 2002. The workshop marked the end of IWMI?s research on pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka and provided researchers and policy makers from various disciplines such as health, environment, and agriculture an opportunity to share and discuss recent findings and to discuss strategies to reduce pesticide poisoning. This paper presents the workshop proceedings and includes a resource handbook for Sri Lanka on health impacts of pesticides and alternatives by listing names of relevant institutes, addresses and annotated references.
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spelling CGSpace392942025-11-07T08:42:39Z Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002 Smit, L.A.M. pest control pesticide residues public health legislation policy social aspects risks The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has, for many years, been involved in research on pesticide poisoning to analyse the reasons for the high number of pesticide poisoning cases in Sri Lanka and discuss ways of controlling the problem through changes in agricultural practices and community involvement. More recently, research has focused on risk factors for deliberate and occupational pesticide poisoning and on the impact that a shift towards Integrated Pest Management (IPM) will have on the health of farming families. A workshop on ?Pesticides: Health Impacts and Alternatives? was held at the Colombo Hilton Hotel on 24 January 2002. The workshop marked the end of IWMI?s research on pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka and provided researchers and policy makers from various disciplines such as health, environment, and agriculture an opportunity to share and discuss recent findings and to discuss strategies to reduce pesticide poisoning. This paper presents the workshop proceedings and includes a resource handbook for Sri Lanka on health impacts of pesticides and alternatives by listing names of relevant institutes, addresses and annotated references. 2002 2014-06-13T13:51:58Z 2014-06-13T13:51:58Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39294 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Smit, L. A. M. (Ed.) 2002. Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). iv, 61p. (IWMI Working Paper 045) https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39294
spellingShingle pest control
pesticide residues
public health
legislation
policy
social aspects
risks
Smit, L.A.M.
Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002
title Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002
title_full Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002
title_fullStr Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002
title_full_unstemmed Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002
title_short Pesticides: Health impacts and alternatives. Proceedings of a workshop held in Colombo, 24 January 2002
title_sort pesticides health impacts and alternatives proceedings of a workshop held in colombo 24 january 2002
topic pest control
pesticide residues
public health
legislation
policy
social aspects
risks
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