Assessment of occupational exposure to pesticides in agriculture : Pt 1 General aspects
book
For registration of pesticides data on toxicology and on occupational exposure are required. In this series of reviews the exposure data available in the published literature for mixing and loading, application and re-entry are considered for the establishment of generic/surrogate data bases with which for a specific case (e.g. a new pesticide) the exposure can be estimated for use in a first step for risk assessment. In the first part of the series the general aspects of the determination of exposure to pesticides under field conditions are considered, as well as the published proposals for generic data bases. It is concluded that the development of data bases in principle possible, although in many cases (depending on the type of technique for mixing/loading and application) not enough data are available. Data bases on re-entry have not been proposed in the literature, although many studies on exposure after re-entry have been reported. A general approach to risk assessment using (surrogate) exposure data is described.
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TNO Identifier
162649
ISSN
0921-9218
ISBN
90-5307-258-6
Publisher
Min. SZW, Arbeidsinspectie ; DGA
Collation
29 p.
Place of publication
Den Haag