Harm and risk to the agricultural worker’s health caused by pesticides have been investigated having the process, as well as the work relations, as the central points in the Brazilian agriculture. The theme is quite polemic, complex and controversial. Issues concerning specific information and public policies have also been approached. This article bears the careful considerations of GESTRU - a study group aiming at both the health care and the rural activities of the State of Minas Gerais. The GESTRU group shows some of the results of its activities carried out in the horticulture, floriculture, coffee and sugar plantations in the State of Minas Gerais. The above mentioned group - GESTRU, intends to incorporate a set of variables to be taken into serious considerations in the assessment of the harm done to the health due to the exposure to pesticides. Measures and suggestions are also proposed in order to establish a set of policies and take urgent actions to protect the Brazilian agricultural worker’s health.
Pesticides; Agriculturer's health; Agricultural work and health care
