In 2005, Goiás state was the greater tomato producer in Brazil. To improve the harvest and to keep the tomato disease under control, the tomato producer makes use of a technological packing kit with systematic application of many chemical substances. The major purpose of this thesis is to describe the daily conditions that the tomato plantation workers are subordinated in Goiás State. The research was obtained through systematic sampling directly in the tomato plantation in a period range from December 2004 to October 2005 in six selected cities: Bonfinópolis, Corumbá de Goiás, Goianápolis, Leopoldo de Bulhoes, Perenópolis, and Silvânia. The data were collected from interview, questionnaire to be answered by the workers that manipulate pesticides, and making register of the facts observed during visitation in the tillage. From the data analysis it is possible to conclude that the tomato tillage workers are exposed for long period of time to the pesticides and they are not prepared to manipulate this kind of chemical substances.
Poisoning for pesticide; security of the work; pesticide exposure
