ReviewRevista de saude publica2018
Sugarcane cutting work, risks, and health effects: a literature review.
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- Airborne particulate matter exposure in male sugarcane workers at risk for chronic kidney disease in Guatemala.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
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- The Adverse Health Effects of Air Pollution from Sugarcane Burning: A Scoping Review of Observational and Experimental Evidence.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- Work-related injuries and occupational safety practices among sugar factory workers in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Exposome and Metabolome Analysis of Sugarcane Workers Reveals Predictors of Kidney Injury.Kidney international reports · 2024Article
- Health burden of sugarcane burning on agricultural workers and nearby communities.Inhalation toxicology · 2024Review
- The Burdens of Occupational Heat Exposure-related Symptoms and Contributing Factors Among Workers in Sugarcane Factories in Ethiopia: Heat Stress Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Meter.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- "When there is no money, that is when I vomit blood": the domino effect and the unfettered lethal exploitation of Black labor on Dominican sugar plantations.Globalization and health · 2023Article
- Impacts of Climate Change and Heat Stress on Farmworkers' Health: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Membrane-associated mucins of the human ocular surface in health and disease.The ocular surface · 2021Review
- Cross-shift change of acute kidney injury biomarkers in sugarcane farmers and cutters.Human and ecological risk assessment : HERA · 2021Article
- Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN): What We Know so Far.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2020Review
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome Transmission Risk in Brazil.Viruses · 2019Article
- Rural work in the sugarcane sector and its influences on health: scoping review.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveDescribe the main work risks for sugarcane cutters and their effects on workers' health.
methodsCritical review of articles, with bibliographic research carried out in the PubMed, SciELO Medline, and Lilacs databases. The following keywords were used: sugarcane workers, sugarcane cutters, sugarcane harvesting, cortadores de cana-de-açú car , and colheita de cana -de-açúcar . The inclusion criteria were articles published between January 1997 and June 2017, which evaluated working conditions and health effects on sugarcane cutters. Those that did not deal with the work impact of cutting burned and unburnt sugarcane in the cutter's health were excluded. The final group of manuscripts was selected by the lead author of this study and reviewed by a co-author. Disagreements were resolved by consensus using the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria and, where necessary, the final decision was made by consulting a third co-author.
resultsFrom the 89 articles found, 52 met the selection criteria and were evaluated. Studies have shown that cutters work under conditions of physical and mental overload, thermal overload, exposure to pollutants, and are subject to accidents. The main effects observed were respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, musculoskeletal, heat stress, dehydration, genotoxic, and those due to accidents.
conclusionsWork on the manual cutting of sugarcane, especially of burned sugarcane, exposes workers to various risks, with different health impacts. Risk reduction for exposure to pollution and thermal and physical overload is required as a measure to preserve the health of the worker.
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