标题：A (in)visibilidade social da poluição por agrotóxicos nas práticas de rizicultura irrigada: síntese de um estudo de percepção de risco em comunidades sediadas na zona costeira de Santa Catarina
摘要：From the point of view of the ecosystem approach to health, this paper presents a reflection on the several risks posed by the uncontrolled use of chemical substances in the realm of food production in the Brazilian coastal zone. More precisely, it presents the main conclusions of a study of risk perceptions of irrigated rice production in two watersheds located in the central southern coast of Santa Catarina State. The methodology used in this study took into account an ecotoxicological analysis (to measure part of the objective components of the situation of risk), followed by a diagnosis of risk perceptions to guide the analysis of the social actors’ testimonies (stakeholders) involved in natural resource management: local residents, rural workers and government agents. The collected evidences suggest that local residents seem to be aware of, yet indifferent about the negative effects to human health – and other living creatures – arising from the dominant patterns of irrigated rice cultivation. However, the structural factors responsible for the reproduction of this type of agro-ecosystem remain either diffuse or invisible. This gap has been systematically reinforced both by the government agents at various scales of the coastal zone management system and by the means of mass communication. Among the rice farmers an attitude prevails that systematically minimizes the risks of intoxication, and the government agents tend to reproduce the same pattern of perception and reasoning as the entrepreneurs linked to the international system of production and dissemination of agro-chemicals. Facing these challenges, the authors suggest a more incisive application of the precautionary principle in the field of integrated and participative coastal zone management, in order to counteract the ideology of economic growth “at any cost” that violates the inalienable right of the local communities to live healthily in a healthy environment, and to follow the ecodevelopment path.
其他摘要：From the point of view of the ecosystem approach to health, this paper presents a reflection on the severalrisks posed by the uncontrolled use of chemical substances in the realm of food production in theBrazilian coastal zone. More precisely, it presents the main conclusions of a study of risk perceptions ofirrigated rice production in two watersheds located in the central southern coast of Santa Catarina State.The methodology used in this study took into account an ecotoxicological analysis (to measure part ofthe objective components of the situation of risk), followed by a diagnosis of risk perceptions to guidethe analysis of the social actors’ testimonies (stakeholders) involved in natural resource management:local residents, rural workers and government agents. The collected evidences suggest that local residentsseem to be aware of, yet indifferent about the negative effects to human health – and other living creatures– arising from the dominant patterns of irrigated rice cultivation. However, the structural factorsresponsible for the reproduction of this type of agro-ecosystem remain either diffuse or invisible. Thisgap has been systematically reinforced both by the government agents at various scales of the coastalzone management system and by the means of mass communication. Among the rice farmers an attitudeprevails that systematically minimizes the risks of intoxication, and the government agents tend toreproduce the same pattern of perception and reasoning as the entrepreneurs linked to the internationalsystem of production and dissemination of agro-chemicals. Facing these challenges, the authors suggesta more incisive application of the precautionary principle in the field of integrated and participativecoastal zone management, in order to counteract the ideology of economic growth “at any cost” thatviolates the inalienable right of the local communities to live healthily in a healthy environment, and to follow the ecodevelopment path.
关键词：ecohealth;risk perception;precautionary principle;saúde ecossistêmica;percepção de risco;princípio da precaução
