Table 2 Most Prevalent Pesticide Use (ml) and exposure (liter-years) of eggplant farmers by pesticide type and toxicity category, Sta. Maria, Pangasinan in Eggplant Fruit Study
Pesticide type (family) | Registered brand name | Active ingredient | Eggplant fruit study (n = 10 farmers) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
%Farmers who used the pesticide | No. of farmers who used the pesticide | Amount used/application (ml) | Mean no. of years used | Farmers’ liter-years of exposure | Liter-years of exposure per % farmers used | |||
Anthranilic diamide | Prevathon | Chlorantra-niliprole | 100 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 0.240 | 0.240 |
Organo-phosphate | Tamaron | Methami-dophos | 10 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 0.600 | 0.060 |
Carbamate | Lannate | Methomyl | 40 | 4 | 8.75 | 15 | 0.131 | 0.053 |
Neonicotinoid + pyrethroid + petroleum derivative | Solomon | Imidacloprid + betacyfluthrin + cyclohexane | ||||||
Organo-phosphate | Brodan | Chlorpyrifos | 10 | 1 | 473 | 40 | 18.920 | 1.892 |
Organo-phosphate | Hostathion | Triazophos | ||||||
Organo-phosphate | Selecron | Profenofos | ||||||
Organo-phosphate | Siga | Chlorpyrifos | ||||||
Carbamate | Padan | Cartap hydrochloride | 10 | 1 | 2.5 | 40 | 0.100 | 0.010 |
Neonicotinoid | Mospilan | Acetamiprid | ||||||
Organo-phosphate | Malathion | Malathion | 100 | 10 | 16.5 | 25 | 0.413 | 0.413 |
Pyrethroid | Decis | Deltamethrin | ||||||
Pyrethroid | Magnum | Cypermethrin | 10 | 1 | 2,000 | 5 | 10.000 | 1.000 |
Mean | 235 | 22.6 | 2.819 | 0.339 | ||||
Standard deviation | 146 | 11.9 | 5.912 | 0.584 | ||||