Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorPududu, Bonolo Anita
dc.contributor.authorRother, Hanna-Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-13T08:14:53Z
dc.date.available2021-10-13T08:14:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-30
dc.date.updated2021-10-12T14:18:06Z
dc.description.abstractPara-occupational “take-home” exposure risks among forestry workers and their families in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not been well characterized. This is a concern because research shows an association between chronic low-dose herbicide exposure and adverse health effects. This study explored take-home herbicide residue exposure risks among forestry workers in the Western Cape, South Africa, through the community-based participatory research approach of photovoice. A key finding of the study was the absence of provisions related to take-home exposure in the national legislation and workplace policies, which largely contributed to poor adherence to risk reduction practices at worksites, in addition to workers transporting residues to their homes. This study demonstrated evidence of the key omissions regarding take-home exposure at the policy level (e.g., recommendations for employers to reduce take-home risks among employees, and training of workers and their families on take-home exposure) and take-home herbicide residue exposure among worker’s families, including children.en_US
dc.identifier10.3390/ijerph181910341
dc.identifier.apacitationPududu, B. A., & Rother, H. (2021). Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa. <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</i>, 18 (19): 10341(19), 10341. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35219en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPududu, Bonolo Anita, and Hanna-Andrea Rother "Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa." <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</i> 18 (19): 10341, 19. (2021): 10341. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35219en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPududu, B.A. & Rother, H. 2021. Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa. <i>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.</i> 18 (19): 10341(19):10341. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35219en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Pududu, Bonolo Anita AU - Rother, Hanna-Andrea AB - Para-occupational “take-home” exposure risks among forestry workers and their families in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have not been well characterized. This is a concern because research shows an association between chronic low-dose herbicide exposure and adverse health effects. This study explored take-home herbicide residue exposure risks among forestry workers in the Western Cape, South Africa, through the community-based participatory research approach of photovoice. A key finding of the study was the absence of provisions related to take-home exposure in the national legislation and workplace policies, which largely contributed to poor adherence to risk reduction practices at worksites, in addition to workers transporting residues to their homes. This study demonstrated evidence of the key omissions regarding take-home exposure at the policy level (e.g., recommendations for employers to reduce take-home risks among employees, and training of workers and their families on take-home exposure) and take-home herbicide residue exposure among worker’s families, including children. DA - 2021-09-30 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 19 J1 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa TI - Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35219 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/35219
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPududu BA, Rother H. Whose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18 (19): 10341(19):10341. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35219.en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen_US
dc.source.journalissue19en_US
dc.source.journalvolume18 (19): 10341en_US
dc.source.pagination10341en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
dc.titleWhose Jurisdiction Is Home Contamination? Para-Occupational ‘Take-Home’ Herbicide Residue Exposure Risks among Forestry Workers’ Families in South Africaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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