Abstract
Background. The use of pesticides is a necessity today. Violation of medical and sanitary standards when using pesticides can lead to acute and chronic poisoning development, serious long-term consequences for the health of workers emergence. Therefore, the assessment of professional risk for people involved in the pesticides application is relevant. The aim of the study is to conduct a hygienic assessment of the working conditions of people involved in the application of chemical plant protection products: Stratos Ultra, Dual Gold, Cruiser, Engio, Maxim XL, Amistar Extra, Reglon Super on sunflower crops to predict the risk of their hazardous effects and substantiate preventive measures. Materials and methods. The assessment of working conditions and occupational risk analysis were performed in accordance with the current methodological recommendations in Ukraine. The content of active substances in air samples, skin washings, and patches on overalls was determined by chromatographic methods. Statistical processing of the results was performed using the licensed statistical software package IBM SPSS Statistics Base v.22. Results. The field studies of working conditions during production operations using the studied pesticides showed that in the working zone air and atmospheric air cycloxydim, S-metholachlor, thiamethoxam, lambda-cyhalothrin, fludioxonil, methalaxyl-M, azoxystrobin, cyproconazole, diquat were below the limit of quantitative determination. The risk of pesticides hazardous exposure for workers during production operations was 0.220±0.042, and the combined risk was 0.515±0.125. The proportion of percutaneous risk was on average 53.92±6.49%. Conclusion. It was established that the complex, percutaneous, inhalation risks of pesticides hazardous exposure to workers are acceptable and the preventive measures were substantiated