Questionnaire survey of pesticide exposure among agricultural employees in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670324
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: Yokoyama Kazuhito 順天堂大学, 医学部, 教授 (00158370)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUKAWA Takehisa 順天堂大学, 医学部, 助教 (60453586)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 農業 / 農薬 / 労働安全衛生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Over the last decade, the agricultural work environment in Japan has undergone significant changes regarding types of employment contracts and working conditions. As the structure of the agricultural industry changes, the issue of occupational health is receiving increasing attention among Japanese agricultural employees. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of agricultural occupational health and safety system, focused on pesticide safety, both to employer and employee. As a result, there were subjective symptoms on some of the pesticide-exposed employee. On the contrary, the employees did not much pay attention to occupational health and safety. It is considered desirable that agricultural employers will secure employees’ safety by introducing management methods focused on pesticide use.

Free Research Field

衛生学