We inquired about the training courses that laborers have received at some point in their working lives on topics like the safe handling of pesticides and it was found that 74,2% had never been trained, so they did not have the necessary skills to handle such substances. Only a small percentage reported to see a doctor when they showed some kind of symptoms when they used pesticides, while others took home remedies or they medicated themselves which results in an underreporting of cases of poisoning by such substances, as the intoxication cases are not reported to the system of public health surveillance in Colombia (SIVIGILA)
