Analisis Risiko Kesehatan Lingkungan Pajanan Pestisida Pada Petani Bawang Merah

Abstract

Objectives: To obtain quality and pest-free harvests, farmers often use pesticides as pest repellents. Pesticides are toxic materials that have the potential to cause negative impacts on the environment and biodiversity, causing resistance, resurgence, the emergence of new pests, and health problems for humans and other living things, so they must be managed with great care. An environmental health risk analysis needs to be conducted to see the level of risk of exposure to pesticides used by farmers, whether it is included in the safe or unsafe category.
Methods: This type of research is a descriptive observational study. The study design used is the Environmental Health Risk Analysis (ARKL) method with the ARKL table type.
Results: The results of the risk analysis showed that RQ was more than 1 for all types of pesticides, so it can be said that the concentration of pesticides in vegetables will have an impact and health risk for vegetable farmers in continuous exposure for 30 years for non-carcinogenic effects, and 70 years for carcinogenic effects.
Conclusions: Analysis of pesticide residue risks in shallots show an unsafe category. So that this can allow for the potential for health problems in people who consume shallots. Efforts are needed to handle the risks of pesticides contained in shallots so that they can remain safe for consumption by the public.