Safe Use of Pesticides (ILO, 1985, 52 p.): (introduction...)

Safe Use of Pesticides (ILO, 1985, 52 p.)

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FOREWORD

I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON PESTICIDES AND THEIR SAFE USE

1. Definitions

2. General considerations

3. Duties of manufacturers, sellers and users of pesticides

3.1 Duties of manufacturers

3.2 Duties of sellers

3.3 Duties of employers

3.4 Duties of supervisors

3.5 Duties of workers

4. Safety and health supervision

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4.1 Administrative supervision

4.2 Technical supervision

4.3 Medical supervision

5. Education and information

5.1 Education and training in the safe use of pesticides

5.2 Instruction on safe working practices

5.3 Instruction on emergency procedures

II. GENERAL SAFE PRACTICES IN THE USE OF PESTICIDES

1. Purchase and handling of packaged pesticides

2. Transport

3. Storage

4. Use

5. Disposal of surplus pesticide

6. Spillage

7. Disposal of empty containers

III. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT AND HYGIENE

1. Introductory comment

2. Typical protective clothing and equipment

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2.1 Head protection

2.2 Eye and face protection

2.3 Respiratory protective equipment

2.4 Gloves

2.5 Footwear

3. Working clothes

4. The need for personal hygiene

IV. SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES IN PARTICULAR SETTINGS

1. Onboard ship

1.1 General considerations

1.2 Insect control

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1.2.1 Precautions for insecticide spraying

1.2.2 Precautions in insecticide fumigation

1.3 Rodent control

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1.3.1 Rodent baits

1.3.2 Rodent fumigation

1.4 Pesticide treatment of food stores, galleys, passenger and crew accommodation

2. Aerial application of pesticides

2.1 Organisation and allocation of responsibilities

2.2 Ground facilities

2.3 Pilots

2.4 Groundcrew

2.5 Flagmen or ground markers

3. Use of pesticides on farms and agricultural land

3.1 Organisation and responsibilities

3.2 Safe working procedures

3.3 Protective clothing and equipment

3.4 Personal hygiene

3.5 Medical supervision and emergencies

4. Use of pesticides in greenhouses

5. Use of toxic baits

5.1 Introductory comment

5.2 Storage of bait poisons and toxic baits

5.3 Dispensing bait poisons and baits to inexperienced users

5.4 Bait application

6. Fumigation operations

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Fumigant storage

6.3 Fumigation operators

6.4 Preparation for fumigation

6.5 Fumigant release

6.6 Ventilation of fumigated spaces

6.7 Personal protective equipment for fumigators

6.8 Records of fumigation operations

7. Use of pesticides in vector control

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Supplies and equipment

7.3 Responsibility for safety and medical supervision

7.4 Protective equipment and personal hygiene in vector control

7.5 Container disposal in vector control

7.6 Spray material preparation

7.7 House treatment with residual sprays

7.8 Larvicide treatments

7.9 Pesticide application from ground vehicle and aircraft

7.10 Vector-control fumigation

7.11 Pesticide application to people for vector control

7.12 Special vector-control pesticide devices

8. Use of pesticides in homes and gardens

V. MEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF PESTICIDES

1. Health effects of pesticides

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1.1 Absorption of toxic pesticides

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1.1.1 Ingestion

1.1.2 Skin absorption

1.1.3 Inhalation

1.2 Relationship between mode of action and preventive measures

1.3 Signs and symptoms of poisoning by selected pesticides

2. General first-aid measures

OTHER TITLES IN THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SERIES

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SERIES
No. 38

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE - GENEVA

The International Programme for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment (PIACT) was launched by the International Labour Organisation in 1976 at the request of the International Labour Conference and after extensive consultations with member States. PIACT is designed to promote or support action by member States to set and attain definite objectives aiming at "making work more human". The Programme is thus concerned with improving the quality of working life in all its aspects: for example, the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases, a wider application of the principles of ergonomics, the arrangement of working time, the improvement of the content and organisation of work and of conditions of work in general, a greater concern for the human element in the transfer of technology To achieve these aims. PIACT makes use of and co-ordinates the traditional means of ILO action, including:

- the preparation and revision of international labour standards;
- operational activities, including the dispatch of multidisciplinary teams to assist member States on request;
- tripartite meetings between representatives of governments, employers and workers. including industrial committees to study the problems facing major industries, regional meetings and meetings of experts;
- action-oriented studies and research; and
- clearing-house activities, especially through the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) and the Clearing-house for the Dissemination of Information on Conditions of Work.

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ISBN 92-2-101826-1

First published 1977
Third impression 1985

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