Rinsing Practices of Australian Farmers: the Characteristics of Farmers who do not Rinse Chemical Residues from Empty Containers

摘要

In recent years, the potential environmental and health impact of chemicals left in empty containers has emerged as an important issue for farmers and the wider community. In 1994, a nationally representative study of Australian farmers was commissioned to ascertain whether and to what extent farmers were rinsing empty chemical containers, and to identify the factors which were associated with this behaviour. This paper focuses its attention on that group of farmers who do not rinse their empty chemical containers and argues that the containers used by this group pose the greatest threat to the environment and public health.