Pesticide risk perceptions among bystanders of aerial spraying on bananas in Costa Rica.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about how bystanders perceive risks from pesticide use in areas with frequent aerial spraying of pesticides. This research aims to better understand how bystanders (school workers) from three counties of the Limón province in Costa Rica, who did not have a contractual relationship with agricultural production, perceive risks of pesticides in the areas where they work and live. A face-to-face survey was carried out among 475 school workers, of whom 455 completed all 33 questions on pesticide risk perception. An exploratory factor analysis characterized underlying perceptions of pesticide exposure. Nine factors explained 40% of total variance and concerned severity and magnitude of perceived risk, manageability, benefits and support of pesticide use, amongst others. We subseq

SUBMITTER: Barraza D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7529952 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature