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PESTICIDES

PESTICIDES. TRAINING. PESTICIDES ARE CHEMICALS THAT CONTROL PESTS. Pesticides are designed to kill or control living organisms Pesticides can also harm or kill people Pesticides vary in toxicity to man from very mild to extremely toxic

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PESTICIDES

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  1. PESTICIDES TRAINING

  2. PESTICIDES ARE CHEMICALS THAT CONTROL PESTS • Pesticides are designed to kill or control living organisms • Pesticides can also harm or kill people • Pesticides vary in toxicity to man from very mild to extremely toxic • It is important to have knowledge of the relative toxicity. • Understand how pesticide exposure occurs

  3. Routes of exposure • Dermal - any covered or uncovered skin • Eyes – direct splash or contact with hands • Inhalation – carried in with air • Oral – taken into mouth or on lips

  4. Dermal Exposure • The majority of all • pesticide exposures • are dermal • The most common • route is through the • hands and forearms

  5. Dermal Exposure Can occur from: • Wearing inadequate personal protective equipment while handling pesticides. • Not washing hands after handling pesticides or their containers. • Splashing or spraying pesticides on unprotected skin. • Wearing pesticide-contaminated clothing (PPE). • Applying pesticides in windy weather. • Touching pesticide-treated surfaces.

  6. Eye Exposure Is common when: • Mixing pesticides. • Whenever the potential for splashing exists. • Applying pesticides in windy weather. • Rubbing eyes or forehead with contaminated gloves or hands.

  7. Inhalation Exposure Typically occurs: • When using fine dusts and mists. • When breathing vapors, dust, or mists. • When mixing and loading concentrates. • While handling pesticides. • From pesticide drifting. • When re-entering an area too soon. • Lung exposure is the fastest way to the bloodstream.

  8. Oral Exposure • Means ingestion through the mouth. • Not washing hands before eating, drinking, smoking, or chewing. • Putting contaminated items and hands in or near the mouth such as food or cigarettes. • Splashing into the mouth through carelessness or accident

  9. Oral Exposure • Pesticides removed from their original containers are the highest cause of pesticide poisonings in adults and children. • You cannot control the toxicity of a product. • But you can control your exposure to it.

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