Abstract

MEIRELLES, Luiz Antonio; VEIGA, Marcelo Motta  and  DUARTE, Francisco. Pesticide Contamination and use of PPE: analyzing legal aspects and design. Laboreal [online]. 2016, vol.12, n.2, pp.75-82. ISSN 1646-5237.  https://doi.org/10.15667/laborealxii0216lam.

This article analyzes the use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) in the Brazilian Agriculture. The (in)adequacy of equipment is evident. In addition to not fully protecting the worker against the pesticide, they even aggravate the risks. PPE do not eliminate the unhealthy conditions as required by law and also increase the likelihood of contamination of rural workers in some activities. We discuss aspects of the legal validation of PPE. This process of legal validation for the manufacture and sale of PPE consists of tests in laboratories, by isolated aggressive agents, which may be considered a gap in the design process. The legal validation does not require the analysis of typical activities and/or experiments in more frequent use situations or most critical situations to the health of workers.

Keywords : Personal protective equipment (PPE); project; agriculture.

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