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International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management : Guidelines for Personal Protection When Handling and Applying Pesticides.

Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Definitions
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Objectives and targeted audience
  • Scope and structure
  • Issues related to personal protection
  • FAO/WHO tiered approach in pesticide risk reduction
  • Understanding pesticide risks in relation to personal protection
  • The concept of pesticide risk
  • Hazard in relation to personal protection
  • Exposure in relation to personal protection: routes of exposure
  • Limiting pesticide exposure of human health and the environment
  • Issues in low- and middle-income countries
  • Special considerations for personal protection and PPE in tropical climates
  • 1. Personal protection and PPE: technical considerations
  • 1.1. Principles of personal protection
  • 1.1.1. General protection when working with pesticides
  • Users
  • Storage and transportation
  • Application and use
  • Phases after use
  • 1.1.2. Understanding the label and requirements for PPE
  • 1.1.3. Personal hygiene and special precautions with PPE
  • 1.1.4. Other farm workers
  • 1.1.5. Pesticide retailers
  • 1.1.6. Vulnerable groups
  • 1.1.7. Bystanders and residents
  • 1.1.8. Non-occupational uses
  • 1.1.9. First aid
  • 1.2. PPE and factors that determine its requirements
  • 1.3. Determining the appropriateness of PPE
  • 1.3.1. Use of PPE in a regulatory framework
  • 1.3.2. Assumptions to be made in risk assessment exposure calculations
  • 1.3.3. How governments ensure appropriate PPE on labels
  • 1.4. Types of PPE
  • 1.4.
  • 1.4.1. Body protection, including feet and hands
  • Coveralls
  • Aprons and tabards
  • Footwear
  • Gloves
  • 1.4.2. Head, face, eyes and ears
  • Hat
  • Face shield
  • Safety glasses and goggles
  • Ear protection
  • 1.4.3. Respiratory system
  • Nuisance dust masks
  • Particulate air filters (or particulate air filter masks)
  • Respirators.
  • Considerations for use of RPE
  • 1.4.4. Considerations of PPE size and fit
  • 1.5. Correct use of PPE
  • 1.6. Cleaning, maintenance and storage of PPE
  • 1.5.
  • 1.6.
  • 1.6.1. Cleaning
  • 1.6.2. Maintenance
  • 1.6.3. Storage
  • 1.7. Disposal of PPE
  • 2. Personal protection and PPE: policy considerations
  • 2.1. Awareness-raising, risk communication and training
  • 2.2. Availability
  • 2.3. Quality and affordability
  • 2.4. Monitoring
  • 2.5. Stakeholder involvement
  • 2.6. Registration
  • 2.7. Risk mitigation
  • Summary of considerations to reduce risks when handling and applying pesticides and technical considering in use of PPE
  • References
  • Additional reading
  • Annex 1: Classifications of acute hazard in the GHS and by WHO
  • Annex 2: PPE for applying public health pesticides
  • Annex 3: PPE for applying agricultural pesticides
  • Annex 4: The FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit
  • Annex 5: Standards for PPE and RPE.

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