TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Utilization of boxes for pesticide storage in Sri Lanka
JO  - Journal of agromedicine
A1  - Pieris, Ravi
A1  - Weerasinghe, Manjula
A1  - Abeywickrama, Tharaka
A1  - Manuweera, Gamini
A1  - Eddleston, Michael
A1  - Dawson, Andrew
A1  - Konradsen, Flemming
SP  - 180
EP  - 184
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1059-924X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2017.1283280
ID  - ref1
ER  -