@article{ref1,
title="Utilization of boxes for pesticide storage in Sri Lanka",
journal="Journal of agromedicine",
year="2017",
author="Pieris, Ravi and Weerasinghe, Manjula and Abeywickrama, Tharaka and Manuweera, Gamini and Eddleston, Michael and Dawson, Andrew and Konradsen, Flemming",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="180-184",
abstract="Pesticide self-poisoning is now considered one of the two most common methods of suicide worldwide. Encouraging safe storage of pesticides is one particular approach aimed at reducing pesticide self-poisoning. CropLife Sri Lanka (the local association of pesticide manufacturers), with the aid of the Department of Agriculture, distributed lockable in-house pesticide storage boxes free of charge to a farming community in a rural district of Sri Lanka. Padlocks were not provided with the boxes. These storage boxes were distributed to the farmers without prior education. We carried out a cross sectional follow-up survey to assess the usage of boxes at 7 months after distribution. In an inspection of a sample of 239 box-recipients' households, 142 households stored pesticides in the provided box at the time of survey. Among them, only 42 (42/142, 29.65%) households had locked the box; the remaining households (100/142, 70.4%) had not locked the box. A simple hand over of in-house pesticide storage boxes without awareness/education results in poor use of boxes. Additionally, providing in-house storage boxes may encourage farmers to store pesticides in and around houses and, if they are not locked, may lead to unplanned adverse effects.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1059-924X",
doi="10.1080/1059924X.2017.1283280",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1283280"
}