Browsing by Author "Jansen, Kees"
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Pesticide use in banana and plantain production and risk perception among local actors in Talamanca, Costa Rica
Barraza, Douglas; Jansen, Kees; van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Wesseling, Catharina (Elsevier, 2011-07)The Talamanca County in Costa Rica has large-scale banana and small-scale plantain production, probably causing pesticide exposure in indigenous children. We explored to what extent different community actors are aware ... -
Social movements and risk perception: unions, churches, pesticides and bananas in Costa Rica
Jansen, Kees; van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Wesseling, Catharina; Barraza, Douglas (International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, vol. 19, no. 1 2013, 2013-11-12)Background: Between 1992 and 2010 in the Costa Rican Caribbean, a social movement coalition called Foro Emau´s sought to change people’s view on problems of high pesticide use in banana production. Objective: To understand ...