Open AccessCase Study: Water Resources, Knowledge and Safety Practices of Pesticides Among Farmers Around Lake Diatas of West Sumatera
Author(s) -
Tivany Edwin,
Vera Surtia Bachtiar,
Denny Helard,
Puti Sri Komala,
Rahmawati Kusuma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/757/1/012047
Subject(s) - pesticide , hazardous waste , environmental science , agriculture , environmental health , environmental protection , geography , agronomy , medicine , engineering , waste management , archaeology , biology
Lake Diatas is surrounded by agricultural activities that cannot be separated from the use of synthetic pesticides. Improper use of pesticides may endanger the health of farmers. This research aims to observe the clean water resources, as well as the knowledge and safety practices of pesticides among farmers around Lake Diatas. Interviews were conducted with 30 heads of families who lived and farmed around Lake Diatas. The results showed that 40% of farmers utilized rainwater as clean water, 30% used shallow well water which most of the wells were open and have no concrete ring, which vulnerable to contamination. There were 11 active ingredients detected used by farmers with one type with highly hazardous and two of them were moderately hazardous toxicity. For farmers’ knowledge, 76, 7% of farmers know that the improper use of pesticides may cause health problems and environmental pollution. There were 73, 3% of farmers determine the dose of pesticide regarding packaging label, while the rest determine the dose from the seller recommendation and also trial and error. All of the farmer respondents used personal protective equipment during spraying but mostly only googles, gloves, and masks, and 40% of farmers experienced health problems after spraying. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that the practice of PPE practice on farmers who farm and live around Lake Diatas still needs to be improved to prevent more health problems that can be caused by pesticide application.