Pesticide usage monitoring in the United Kingdom

被引:10
作者
Thomas, MR [1 ]
机构
[1] Cent Sci Lab, Pesticide Usage Survey, York YO41 1LZ, N Yorkshire, England
关键词
pesticide usage; methodology; sample selection; operator protection;
D O I
10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00100-9
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The last decade has seen an increasing requirement throughout the United Kingdom (UK) for accurate, timely information on pesticide usage to satisfy government legislation and provide data as part of the registration and review process of pesticides, These data, collected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's Pesticide Usage Survey Group (PUSG), provide information on current and past usage patterns and allow the impart of use on the environment, operator and consumer to be more accurately assessed from actual usage patterns rather than worst case scenarios. Surveys of all crops grown commercially throughout the UK are undertaken at regular intervals using fully stratified samples of farmers and growers, Data are raised to provide national estimates of use but individual data sets: can be derived from the sample. As such, the data are therefore also particularly suited to incorporation into probabilistic risk assessments. The methodologies used by the PUSG and some example data sets from a recent survey of arable crops are given. Crown Copyright (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of British Occupational Hygiene Society. All rights reserved.
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页码:S87 / S93
页数:7
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