Pesticide Poisoning in Farmers and Its Risk Factors in Tolai Village, Parigi Moutong Regency, Indonesia

The use of pesticides that do not conform to recommendations have a negative impact on health and the environment. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between age, duration of spraying, dosage, position of spraying and the use of personal protective equipment with pesticide poisoning on farmers in Tolai Village. This study was an observational study with cross sectional design. A sample of 96 people was obtained by purposive sampling technique. Independent variables include age, duration of spraying, dosage, spraying action, use of personal protective equipment, while the dependent variable is pesticide poisoning. The results showed that 20.8% of respondents were poisoned with <75% cholinesterase levels. Knowledge and behavior of farmers about the use of pesticides was still low such as the length of pesticide spraying > 3 hours (20.8%), dosage dosage > 0.5/10 liters of water (34.4%), the position of spraying is not in the direction of the wind (33.3%) and use of incomplete personal protective equipment (86.5%). Factors associated with pesticide poisoning were the length of spraying (p= 0, 000), dose (p= 0, 003), spraying position (p= 0, 041), but not related to age (p = 0, 683) and use of personal protective equipment (p= 0, 461). Conclusion, there was a relationship between the length of spraying, dosage and position of spraying with pesticide poisoning on farmers in Tolai Village.