Increasing Pesticide Use and Knowledge of the Health Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in the Environment: A Study of Three Communities in Ghana

B. Ason, David Kofi Essumang
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Population growth and urbanisation are contributing to the growth of the use of pesticides in Africa. However, poor understanding of the health and environmental effects of these chemicals represents a significant risk to both human health and ecosystems. Knowledge of health effects of pesticide use and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) was assessed using 300 respondents in three communities of Ghana. The data were fitted to bivariate and multivariate ordinary least squares regression models. About 76 per cent of the respondents used pesticides while 82 per cent had no knowledge of human diseases associated with pesticide use and EDCs. At the bivariate level, individuals who used pesticides had less knowledge of health effects of EDCs and pesticide use compared to their counterparts who did not use pesticides. Urban residents had more knowledge compared to rural dwellers and this robust relationship persisted at the multivariate level. Females of all ages had more knowledge of pesticides and EDCs’ effects than their male conterparts. Formal and informal education is required to improve knowledge on appropriate chemical use.
增加农药的使用和对环境中破坏内分泌化学物质健康影响的认识:对加纳三个社区的研究
人口增长和城市化正在促进非洲杀虫剂使用的增长。然而,对这些化学品的健康和环境影响了解不足,对人类健康和生态系统都构成重大风险。使用加纳三个社区的300名受访者对杀虫剂使用和内分泌干扰物对健康影响的知识进行了评估。将数据拟合到二变量和多变量普通最小二乘回归模型中。约76%的受访者使用杀虫剂,82%的受访者对与杀虫剂使用和EDC相关的人类疾病一无所知。在双变量水平上,与不使用杀虫剂的人相比,使用杀虫剂的个人对EDC和杀虫剂使用的健康影响了解较少。与农村居民相比,城市居民拥有更多的知识,这种强有力的关系在多变量水平上持续存在。所有年龄段的雌性都比雄性更了解杀虫剂和EDC的影响。需要进行正规和非正规教育,以提高适当使用化学品的知识。
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