Risco à saúde do trabalhador do setor sucroalcooleiro pelo uso de agrotóxicos : aplicabilidade do direito ambiental

Abstract

This study aims to address some aspects related to rural sugarcane workers. The first of these is the reality experienced by these workers, being exposed daily, the risks that can harm your health and even their lives, as in the case of the use of pesticides. The second strand of study is on how the current law operates to reduce these risks and while those security guarantor rural workers. And the third aspect is related to the role of employers by the principle of prevention and precaution, considering their responsibility by the safety workplace and health conditions of their employees. Motivated by the reality experienced by rural workers and so many episodes have occurred, including loss of life on the part of these professionals, due to the to lack of safety and healthiness in the workplace, is problematic and objective research demonstrate the risk of rural workers in the sugarcane sector, the rules of law in relation to such risks, as well as the role of the employer against the principles of prevention and precaution of the risk involving these workers and the use of pesticides. To better understand this purpose, the specific objectives were based on the approach of pesticides, in labor laws and worker protection and the reality experienced by rural sugarcane workers; in the work environment of this context and on the responsibility of employers about to the prevention and precaution. For that, used bibliographical research and exploratory