AGROTÓXICOS DE USO AGRÍCOLA NO ESTADO DE GOIÁS, BRASIL: ANÁLISE DOS NÍVEIS DE INTOXICAÇÃO E VULNERABILIDADE

Abstract

The present study had as main objective to identify and analyze cases of pesticide poisoning for agricultural use that occurred in the state of Goiás, Brazil, covered in the period between 2006 and 2013. The electronic portal of the National Toxic Information System was used. -Pharmacological, and the descriptors "year", "pesticides", "pesticides for agricultural use" and "cases" for search and data collection. The collected data were quantified using the sum of each specification inherent to its variable: circumstances; age group; sex; occurrence and evolution zone, separately per year. Percentages of cases that most evidently occurred in the period and in a given year were obtained. It was found that the greatest number of cases occurred on the part of male individuals, aged between 20 and 49 years, in an urban area, and evolution mostly represented by cure. Among the circumstances, the attempted suicide presented a significant number of cases, this result is possibly related to the predominance of the use of pesticides as one of the main agents used in order to harm life itself and the availability of these products in the field. It is noteworthy that poisoning by attempted suicide may be linked to the development of symptoms of depression caused by acute or chronic intoxication; due to the occupational exposure of rural workers to pesticides. The lowest number of cases observed in rural areas is possibly due to the underreporting scenario in these locations.