Pesticide Hazards Prevention among Farmers of Mueang Paeng Subdistrict, Pai District, Mae Hong Son Province
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Pesticides are widely used for agriculture and their uses have increased every year. This has been causing a lot of dangerous chemical residues in the environment and adverse effects on health. This research was study on pesticide hazards prevention among farmers of Mueang Paeng subdistrict, Pai district, Mae Hong Son province. The purpose of the research was to study pesticide hazards prevention to consist of knowledge, attitude and behavior level regarding the safety of the use of pesticides among 100 farmers. Data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by using a computer program. The results showed that knowledge, attitude and behavior level regarding the safety of the use of pesticides were at a high level. Factors related to the use of pesticides showed that the personal information especially sources to receiving safety of the use of pesticides information were related to the use of pesticides that statistically significant at the level of 0.05.
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