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Database research record2016·Senegal (Dakar)

Impacts sur la santé des pratiques des agriculteurs urbains à Dakar (Sénégal)

Ba A., Cantoreggi N., Simos J., Duchemin E.

VertigO – la revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement

Urban Farm DB summary

This study found that urban farmers in Dakar's Niayes zone face serious occupational health risks from unregulated pesticide use and contaminated irrigation water, with groundwater pollutant levels reaching up to 75 times WHO standards, while farmers themselves underestimated their own exposure risks.