Assessment of occupational exposure to pesticides in agriculture : Pt 2 Mixing and loading
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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 second part of the series, the published data on exposure due to mixing and loading are summarized and evaluated. It may be concluded that there is a large spread in the levels of exposure. From the data indicative 90-percentiles of exposure in amount of formulated product per hour of mixing and loading have been estimated for liquid and solid formulations : potential dermal exposure : liquid formulations : 300 mg/h, solid formulations : 2g/h ; inhalation exposure : liquid formulations : 20 microgram/h, solid formulations : 15 mg/h. A general approach to risk assessment using the indicative 90-percentiles is described.
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TNO Identifier
162648
ISSN
0921-9218
ISBN
90-5307-259-4
Publisher
Min. SZW, Arbeidsinspectie ; DGA
Collation
21 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag