How do I know if a poisoning (or wildlife) incident has been caused by a particular hazardous pesticide formulation?
A. There needs to be sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the human health or environmental damage can be linked to the use of the chemical. Systems need to be in place so that any incidents of human poisonings or damage to the environment are reliably recorded together with information that may establish whether there is a link or not to chemical exposure. Poison Control Centres and environmental monitoring networks enable countries to identify candidate chemicals for proposal as severely hazardous pesticide formulations. There are often difficulties encountered in such incidents. These include that: – the labelling of the containers does not identify what was the active ingredient or the formulation; – farmers often mix two or more chemicals together in the one application making it difficult to identify which chemical is causing the problem; – it is difficult to establish exactly what was the use pattern for the chemical; – lines of reporting are not well known so that it is unkn
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