Table 5 Knowledge of pesticide use on cotton fields among cotton pickers
From: Occupational hazards and health cost of women cotton pickers in Pakistani Punjab
Health impacts | Number of cotton pickers (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Bt cotton fields | Non-Bt cotton fields | |
Do you know when pesticide applied to the field? | 35 (18) | 16 (22) |
Do you know the name of pesticide causing ill effect? | 2 (1.02) | 1 (1.35) |
Whether health effect was of temporary in nature? | 112 (57) | 47 (64) |
Did you carry picked cotton from field to farm house? | 192 (98) | 74 (100) |