Total Pesticide Exposure Calculation among Vegetable Farmers in Benguet, Philippines

Table 2

Percentage distribution of work practices.

Risk factors	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Given instructions on how to use pesticide	156	73.9
Spills while spraying	152	72.0
Spills while mixing and loading	152	72.0
Wiping sweat on the face with a contaminated piece of fabric	94	44.5
Re-enter recently sprayed area	88	41.7
Damaged backpack sprayer	79	37.4
Spraying Against the wind	67	31.8
Eating at Worksite	11	5.2