limited in these two study areas. The canonical coordination analysis
indicated that older and poorly educated people aremost at risk. Therefore,
measures to reduce pesticides risks can be grouped into three
categories:
1. Those related to applying pesticides (farmers and retailers).
2. Those related to producing pesticides (factories).
3. Those related to supervising pesticides (authorities).
According to this survey, the steps for reducing pesticide effects on
farmers would be considered. The pressing step, supposedly, is to implement
some educational programmes for farmers in non-harvesting
time (normally in winter). Understandable activities, such as lectures,
pictures, videos and some interesting shows which reflect the pesticide
risk on health and environment, can be held based on farmers' age in
rural regions. At the same time,many strict procedures on pesticide registration
should be concerned and the detail information of pesticides
should be labelled especially marking the level of toxicity for human
health. The supervisorymechanism and environmental monitoring systems
for pesticides should be strengthened and the nation scale survey
on safety use of pesticide and its risk on environment and human health
should also be evaluated. The large agricultural population in China suggests
that all stakeholders, including governmental agencies, producers,
retailers, and farmers, should unite to address the risks from the use of
pesticides for farmers and the environment.