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Prolonged exposure to pesticides can lead to cardiopulmonary disorders, neurological and hematological symptoms, and skin disease (Davies, Freed, and Whittemore, 1982; Smith, Carpenter, and Faulstich, 1988). These symptoms can lower productivity because of the farmer’s absence from work during treatment and recuperation and impaired capacity to work. Farmers who do not know about the harmful effects of pesticides sometimes overvalue their benefits and use them beyond the private and social optimum levels.
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An earlier version of this paper had been published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 76 (August 1994): 587–592.
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Pingali, P.L., Marquez, C.B., Palis, F.G., Rola, A.C. (1995). The Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health: A Medical and Economic Analysis in the Philippines. In: Pingali, P.L., Roger, P.A. (eds) Impact of Pesticides on Farmer Health and the Rice Environment. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0647-4_12
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