Publication: Pesticide use in Thailand: Current situation, health risks, and gaps in research and policy
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2020-01-01
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15497860
10807039
10807039
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Mahidol University
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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. (2020)
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Wisanti Laohaudomchok, Noppanun Nankongnab, Somkiat Siriruttanapruk, Pakasinee Klaimala, Witoon Lianchamroon, Prokchol Ousap, Marut Jatiket, Puangrat Kajitvichyanukul, Noppadon Kitana, Wattasit Siriwong, Thiravat Hemachudhah, Jutamaad Satayavivad, Mark Robson, Lindsay Jaacks, Dana Boyd Barr, Pornpimol Kongtip, Susan Woskie Pesticide use in Thailand: Current situation, health risks, and gaps in research and policy. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. (2020). doi:10.1080/10807039.2020.1808777 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/59099
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Pesticide use in Thailand: Current situation, health risks, and gaps in research and policy
Author(s)
Wisanti Laohaudomchok
Noppanun Nankongnab
Somkiat Siriruttanapruk
Pakasinee Klaimala
Witoon Lianchamroon
Prokchol Ousap
Marut Jatiket
Puangrat Kajitvichyanukul
Noppadon Kitana
Wattasit Siriwong
Thiravat Hemachudhah
Jutamaad Satayavivad
Mark Robson
Lindsay Jaacks
Dana Boyd Barr
Pornpimol Kongtip
Susan Woskie
Noppanun Nankongnab
Somkiat Siriruttanapruk
Pakasinee Klaimala
Witoon Lianchamroon
Prokchol Ousap
Marut Jatiket
Puangrat Kajitvichyanukul
Noppadon Kitana
Wattasit Siriwong
Thiravat Hemachudhah
Jutamaad Satayavivad
Mark Robson
Lindsay Jaacks
Dana Boyd Barr
Pornpimol Kongtip
Susan Woskie
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University of Massachusetts Lowell
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Chulalongkorn University
Rollins School of Public Health
Chulabhorn Research Institute
Thailand Ministry of Public Health
Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mahidol University
Chiang Mai University
Thailand Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN)
ThaiRoads Foundation
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Chulalongkorn University
Rollins School of Public Health
Chulabhorn Research Institute
Thailand Ministry of Public Health
Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mahidol University
Chiang Mai University
Thailand Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN)
ThaiRoads Foundation
Abstract
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Agriculture in Thailand, which employs over 30 percent of the workforce and contributes significantly to the country’s gross domestic product, is a key sector of its economy. Import and use of pesticides has increased over the past decade due to Thailand's major role as a leading exporter of food and agricultural products. The widespread and poorly regulated use of pesticides presents a potential risk to the health of farmers, farm families, the general population including children and the environment. This article is a result of the Southeast Asia GEOHealth Network Meeting of February 2019. It summarizes the current situation on pesticide use and regulation in Thailand and reports research findings on the potential health and environmental impacts of pesticide use, as well as highlighting gaps in research that could play an important and influential role in future policy initiatives on pesticides. Although Thailand has made remarkable progress in improving agricultural health and safety and similarly strong research and policy programs are being developed in other countries in the region, there are still significant gaps in research and policy that need to be filled.