WHO recommended classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification 2009.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

International Program on Chemical Safety.

Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals.

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pesticides--Classification.

Pesticides.

Hazardous substances--Classification.

Hazardous substances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard has been published since 1975, has been revised and reissued every few years and has gained wide acceptance. This document sets out a classification system to distinguish between the more and the less hazardous forms of selected pesticides based (mainly) on acute risk to human health (that is the risk of single or multiple exposures over a relatively short period of time). It takes into consideration the toxicity of the technical compound and its common formulations. The document lists common technical grade pesticides and recommended

Contents:

THE WHO RECOMMENDED CLASSIFICATION OF PESTICIDES BY HAZARD; PART I: RECOMMENDED CLASSIFICATION OF PESTICIDES BY HAZARD; PART II: GUIDELINES TO CLASSIFICATION OF PESTICIDES BY HAZARD; NOTES ON THE USE OF THE TABLES IN CLASSIFICATION; ENTRIES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TABLES; REFERENCES; Table 1. Extremely hazardous (Class Ia); Table 2. Highly hazardous (Class Ib); Table 3. Moderately hazardous (Class II); Table 4. Slightly hazardous (Class III); Table 5. Technical grade active ingredients of pesticides unlikely to present acute hazard in normal use

Table 6. Active ingredients believed to be obsolete or discontinued for use as pesticidesTable 7. Pesticides subject to the Rotterdam Convention; Table 8. Gaseous or volatile fumigants not classified under the WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard; ANNEX: HOW TO FIND THE HAZARD CLASS OF A FORMULATION; Index of pesticide active ingredients by CAS number; INDEX. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVE PESTICIDE INGREDIENTS

Notes:

"International Program on Chemical Safety, Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-18) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-76087-4

9786612760877

92-4-068522-7

OCLC:

658614085