Occupational Health and Safety for Agricultural Workers in Thailand: Gaps and Recommendations, with a Focus on Pesticide Use

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• Personal Author:
  Kaewboonchoo O ; Kongtip P ; Woskie S
• Description:
  Over 16.7 million workers in Thailand (42 percent of the working population) are engaged in agriculture, disproportionately from the lower socioeconomic strata of Thai society. Most agricultural workers (over 93 percent) work in the informal sector without the protections of regulations or enforcement of labor or health and safety laws or enrollment in a social security system. Although Thailand's use of herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides is growing, there is little regulation of the sale, use, or application of these potentially toxic chemicals. This paper summarizes the research to date on occupational health and safety for Thai agricultural workers, identifies gaps in pesticide regulations and the current systems for occupational health and safety and social support for Thai agricultural workers, and makes recommendations for future policy and research initiatives to fill the identified gaps. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Fungi Fungicide, Industrial Hazardous Substances Herbicides Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Chemicals Agricultural Industry Agricultural Processes Agricultural Safety Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Agricultural Health And Safety Chemical Hazards Fungicides Hazardous Materials Informal Work Law Enforcement Occupational Hazards Occupational Health Pesticides Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Racial Factors Recommendations Regulations Safety Research Socioeconomics Thailand Toxic Materials Worker Health

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• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  102-120
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052927
• Citation:
  New Solut 2015 May; 25(1):102-120
• Contact Point Address:
  Orawan Kaewboonchoo, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 420/1 Rajavithi Road, Payathai, Bangkok, Thailand
• Email:
  orawan.kae@mahidol.ac.th
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20120920
• Source Full Name:
  New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b2bf0ce1c930b13f33c60f58bb542ada60520da9fa8c6aa642d1d4804859cc5de0d1f09828036ce0b8e0069dacec985a208f34268364f0b122ca4a2d926a9dba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215831/cdc_215831_DS1.pdf
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