1. Risk Communication

2. Community Self Assessment as a Health Education Strategy
TOXINS
EXPOSURE
HEALTH EFFECT
CHEMICAL
During Spraying + +
AMOUNTS
In the household

3. Mapping of Thai Villages in Preparation for Studies

4. IPM Graduates Planning Self Reporting Meeting
(Indonesia)

5. TRAINING PROCESS
Five Day Training
Day 1 & Day 2: Classroom exercises homework to practice data collection
Day 3: Sample data collection
Day 4: Data analysis
Day 5: Feedback to Community

6. Thai children analyzing data from the field

7. 1. PESTICIDES IN USE
Thai children identifying pesticides in use

8. HOUSEHOLD PESTICIDES house #____
Brand name:_____________________
Common name: ___________________
Type: ___________________________
Chemical Family:__________________ (optional fill in later in class)
LD50 value :­­­­_______________________(optional fill in later in class)
WHO class:______________________ ( fill in later in class)
Can you smell it?______
Is it leaking?_______
Is it open?_________

9. Active Ingredient (common name)
Pesticide Classification
Brand Name
Type
Active Ingredient (common name)
Chemical Family
WHO Hazard Level
Folidol In
methyl parathion Op Ia
Monitor
methamidophos Ib

10. Pile Sorting Pesticides
IPM trainers sorting pesticides by WHO hazard levels

11. Pesticide Classification by WHO Hazard Level and Chemical Family for Community Presentation
WHO HAZARD LEVELS
CHEMICAL FAMILIES
Ia Extremely Hazardous
Methly parathion- FOLIDOL
Mevinphos-PHOSDRIN
OP-organophosphates
Methly parathion- FOLIDOL
Mevinphos-PHOSDRIN
Methamidophos-MONITOR
Monocrotophos-AZODRIN
Ib Highly Hazardous
Methamidophos-MONITOR
Monocrotophos-AZODRIN
Methomyl-LANNATE
C-Carbamates
Methomyl-LANNATE
Carbyl- SEVIN
II –Moderately Hazardously
Endosulfan – THIODAN
Paraquat – GRAMOXONE
Carbyl- SEVIN
Deltamethrin-DECIS
DDT
Cypermethrin-VISHER
OC-Organochlorines
Endosulfan – THIODAN
DDT
PY-Pyrethroids
Deltamethrin-DECIS
Cypermethrin-VISHER

12. Results of Community Pesticide Survey in Cambodia
Where Farmers Cannot Read the Labels

13. Pesticide Book Made by Thai School Children for Their Village

14. Pesticides sorted by Chemical Family in Community Meeting (Cambodia)
Community Feedback
Pesticides sorted by Chemical Family in Community Meeting (Cambodia)

15. Community Feedback Meeting Demonstrating How to Read Pesticide Labels
(Cambodia)

16. 2. Estimating Amounts of Pesticide Use per Year
2. Estimating Amounts of Pesticide Use per Year
AMOUNT OF PESTICIDE SOLUTION USED BY FARMERS
Farmer a.
Tank size lt. b.
tanks /session
c.
sessions
per week
d.
# weeks
per season e.
sessions/
season
(c*d) f.
seasons per year
Liters exposure per year
a*b*e*f
 Farmer- now
Farmer-IPM
Total-now
Total-IPM
 fill in column ‘c.’ and ‘d.’only if spraying on a weekly basis. Otherwise use column ‘e.’ showing how many spray sessions per season.
 fill in column ‘c.’ and ‘d.’only if spraying on a weekly basis. Otherwise use column ‘e.’ showing how many spray sessions per season.

17. Farmer Interviewing Another Farmer about Amounts of Pesticides Used (Vietnam)

18. 3. EXPOSURE DURING SRAYING
Farmers Drawing Common Spray Practices
(Sri Lanka)

19. 3. Exposure During Spraying
spraying up wind 50% (Indo)
Smoking 35% (Indo)
leaking tank 75% (Thai)
pesticide on hands (100%)
wet back 100% (Thai-Indo

20. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Data Summary (n=1067)
hats 69%
goggles 7%
masks 36%
long sleeves 56%
gloves 4%
long skirt/pants 57%
rubber boots 10%
wet 98%
wet 91%

21. Thai children’s presentation for parents on exposure

22. Wind blow, eat rice, drink water, breathe in, wet clothes, wet gloves, cuts, hand grabs leaking wand, hand grabs pesticide bottle, eat sweets, smoking,
Thai children’s presentation for parents on hazardous behaviors that increase contamination pathways/risks

23. Women Farmers Preparing Data Summary for Community Meeting on Exposure and Personal Protection Equipment
(Vietnam)

24. 4. HOUSEHOLD MAPPING Safe = Unsafe = Storage Disposal Water Food
Animal
Child
water storage =
cooking area =
pesticides =
Garbage area:
food storage =

25. Thai Students Displaying the Results of their Household Survey

26. Thai Household Details for Parents

27. Body Mapping with Cotton Farmers in India

28. 5. Signs and Symptoms of Acute Pesticide Poisoning: Body Mapping

29. Exercise to Interpret if Signs and Symptoms are Pesticide Related
Before spray
After spray
Next morning =
Pesticide related? +
No or chronic effect No
Unclear maybe (late effect or another problem)
Yes (late effect)
Yes (short effect)
Yes (prolonged effect)

30. Exam for tremors
(Vietnam)

31. Examining for Gait Disorders
(Indonesia)

32. Presenting Surveillance Data at Community Meeting
(Vietnam)

33. Community Self Surveillance
Sri Lanka

34. PPE Personal Protective Equipment

35. And More PPE

36. Parent Activity Questions
Source of food and water
Parent occupation?
Shower after working before holding children?
Work clothes and shoes in the house?
Laundry practices ?
Use household pesticides ?
Garden pesticides ?
House and car cleaning ?
Pesticide storage?
Location of day care?
House near fields?

37. Key Household Safety Points
“ Partly Trained Gorillas Always Run Down Streets Doing Cartwheels”
Proximity
Take home
Garden
Animals
Recycle
Decant
Storage
Disposal
Child play/daycare