Assessment of occupational exposure to pesticides in agriculture : Pt 3 Application
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For registration of pesticides data on toxicology and on occupational exposure are required. In a series of reviews the exposure data available in the literature on mixing and loading, application and re-entry are considered for the establishment of generic/surrogate data bases to be used for a specific case (e.g. a new pesticide) in estimating the exposure for use in a first step in risk assessment. In this third part of the series, the published data on exposure during actual application of pesticides are summarized and evaluated. There are fourteen different types of application which are of importance for agricultural practice in The Netherlands. It is concluded that for each application technique there is a large spread in the levels of exposure. From the data (expressed in amount of spray liquid per hour application) indicative 90-percentiles of exposure have been estimated for the most important techniques : downward spraying outdoors (tractor mounted equipment) ; downward spraying with aircraft ; upward spraying outdoors (tractor mounted equipment) ; spraying outdoors (manual ; upward and downward) ; spraying indoors (upward and downward).
Topics
TNO Identifier
162647
ISSN
0921-9218
ISBN
90-5307-260-8
Publisher
Min. SZW, Arbeidsinspectie ; DGA
Collation
46 p. (excl. figure pages)
Place of publication
Den Haag