Pesticides as a cause of occupational skin diseases in farmers.

摘要: Pesticides are chemical substances used in agricultural production to protect crops against pests. They help achieve better quality and quantity of crops; however, they also capable causing occupational diseases farmers. Skin is the most exposed organ while spraying pesticide on fields. Farmers pesticides mixing, loading as well cleaning equipment disposing empty containers. Other activities associated with exposure sowing pesticide-preserved seeds, weeding harvesting previously sprayed crops. During first decades using main problem was risk acute intoxication among people occupationally exposed. With decrease toxicity improved pesticides, attention turned chronic environmental contamination. Nowadays, not immediately related toxic potential gains increasing interest. The majority these non-toxic dermatoses. Most pesticide-related dermatoses contact dermatitis, both allergic or irritant. Rare clinical forms occur, including urticaria, erythema multiforme, ashy dermatosis, parakeratosis variegata, porphyria cutanea tarda, chloracne, skin hypopigmentation, nail hair disorders. arsenic at cancer, mostly morbus Bowen (carcinoma situ), multiple basal cell carcinomas squamous carcinomas. Non-arsenic e.g. paraquat, potentially carcinogenic.