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APPENDIX 4b Pesticide poisonings reported to the National Health Service (NHS) From the National Poisons Information Service Combined Annual Report 2004-5 Types of products which are subject of enquiries to NPIS Percentage of enquiries Agrochemicals inc home use 1% Animals
APPENDIX 4c PAN UK survey: pesticide exposures reported to local authorities Local authorities use pesticides on their own estate and share, with the Health & Safety Executive, the role of investigating pesticide exposure incidents . Local authority Number and nature of complaints about pesticides received in 2004. Barrow Borough Council Berwick-upon- Tweed Borough Council Conwy County Borough Council City of Edinburgh Council Glasgow City Council Gosport Borough Council Newcastle-under- Lyme Borough Council North Ayrshire Council North Dorset District Council Action taken. Do you as a Local Authority have a pesticides policy? 0 - No N/A – contracted weed control. What policies and What quantities experiences do of pesticides did you have of 1) you use in 2004? the use of nonchemical weed control 2) tolerance of some weeds? 0 - No N/A Glyphosate 50 litres; diuron 50 litres; Caseron 5 CHECK 15kg; Gramoxone paraquat 1 litre 0 - ‘Not that I’m aware of’. What measures do you take to ensure your 1) contract specifiers and 2) contractors are appropriately trained? N/A Paperwork checked to ensure appropriately trained. 8 x authorised sprayers (all Council employees – no contractors) with spraying certificates (Council course). ‘Not a great deal’. N/A ‘None that I’m aware of’. 0 - No N/A N/A N/A 0 - Yes, Risk Assessment Document No involvement in weed control 3307kg of rodenticides; 1172kg + 268.6 litres of insecticides. In October 2004 a decision was made not to use carbamate or OP pesticides. 0 - No None Unknown: we do not deal directly 2: domestic use 1, local authority use 1 No formal action. No Not known. 550 kg of rodenticides; 50kg of insecticides. 0 - Health & safety policy, COSHH assessment. 2: agricultural use damaged domestic plants. Referred To HSE No 1) Rather than spray, tend to remove 2) Yes (control on complaint where not high street areas) No external contractors used. the second UK pesticide exposure report 25 N/A Staff training. None. 1706.5kg Don’t have rodenticides and 36 contractors. litres+11400ml+92 kg+25272 grams insecticides. Round-up 5 litres (now no longer used); Touchdown 60 litres; Phosphenic acid 360 g/l. PA1 and PA6 trained personnel only (2 staff members) North East 0 - No None 2000 litres Glyphus In-house fully Lincolnshire Council Gold; 65 litres trained: Chipco Green; 30 litres Carbendazim; 60 litres Finale; 100 litres Supa Nova (oil based) PA1/PA2/PA6.
Page 1 and 2: YOUR DAILY POISON: THE SECOND UK PE
Page 3 and 4: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . .
Page 5 and 6: 1 Pesticide exposure in the environ
Page 7 and 8: ◆ A baby girl of 9 months was fou
Page 9 and 10: Exposure to spray-drift, pesticide
Page 11 and 12: 2 Food residues PAN UK has conducte
Page 13 and 14: David Mason, ‘official laboratori
Page 15 and 16: environment in the cycle of precipi
Page 17 and 18: conference that a Europe-wide biomo
Page 19 and 20: 5 Conclusions and Recommendations T
Page 21 and 22: APPENDIX 1 Pesticide usage trends i
Page 23 and 24: APPENDIX 3 The regulatory testing a
Page 25: APPENDIX 4a ‘The human health inc
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Page 31 and 32: APPENDIX 5b Food residues (UK testi
Page 33 and 34: Food Pesticide WHO hazard OP WHO Cl
Page 41 and 42: APPENDIX 6a Pesticides in the publi
Page 43 and 44: APPENDIX 6b PAN UK survey: pesticid
Page 45 and 46: APPENDIX 7 Members of the All Party
Page 47 and 48: development in the womb. As a resul
Page 49 and 50: pollution stems from steroid hormon
Page 51 and 52: APPENDIX 10 Copies of PAN UK questi
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Page 57 and 58: References 1. Craig A, People’s P
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