Posted By John Murgatroyd tried google ?

Posted By John Murgatroyd I usually google the product name, then follow the actual chemical name. It's remarkable how the msds SO frequently varies from the reality. Don't google a well-known sweetener....it's scary !

Posted By Simon Ayee Kevin The following relate to authorisation/approval regimes for pesticides: The Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA) and The Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (COPR) Biocidal Products Regulations 2001 See HSE (http://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/) and PSD (http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/home.asp) websites for further info & guidance docs. Don't forget COSHH - Approved Code of Practice L9 - The safe use of pesticides for non-agricultural premises (COSHH Regulations 1994). It is out of print I think but useful if you can get hold of it. One supplier has a comprehensive list of data sheets but I don't have the web address to hand. Simon

Posted By Kevin_20056 Hello I ned another help from you. I am involved in a workplace where some 40 pesticides are being used. I need to carry out a risk assessemnt in order to find out if there is adequate arrangement for the safe use of the pesticides used by the worker. My question are 1. Do I have to assess each of the pesticides one by one. 2. Can I use the coshh to assess the pesticides. 3. Are there any standard assessment tools available. Thanks in advance rgds kevin

Posted By bill gladwin I've created a link to many kind of standards. See if one of these can help www.anystandard.net

Posted By Robert K Lewis Just to re-emphasise Bob's posting. There has been another recent discussion on pesticides on these forums. The training requirements are tightly defined and unless you are well experienced in training in this area book your people onto a course, most horticultural colleges run these but LAs often could provide names of local providers. The HSE guidance for me just re-iterates the CoPR requirements and the associated acop, but the link with COSHH is always a bit difficult. The Approval process has removed most of the really difficult materials and then defines where the remainder can be used and by whom. For instance creosote can be used for wood protection but not as a coal tar wash on fruit trees. Thus with the strict training programme, which includes clearly defined methods of work, PPE, storage, handling and mixing and safe disposal of excess, first aid and more the scope for any additional information in a formal COSHH assessment is rather limited. If you do not have the manufacturers sheet then do not even think about using the pesticide - the mixing instructions, first aid requirements etc are all in them. All manufacturers make the sheeets available electronically or hard copy just get in contact. If you do not know the pesticide name and manufacturer there is only one course of action I am afraid - analyse it, get a consignment note together and dispose of it. Do not make an intelligent guess even. On the question of multiple pesticides and the assessment requirement for each. Again this is dealt with via the training and certification arrangments - It essentially is determined by the application method more than the material itself. Bob

Posted By Robert K Lewis Ainsy Have to agree with your implicit message that people need to fully understand what they are doing with pesticides. We always tend to think around COSHH but it is also a major environmental issue - application techniques have a huge input to the final task methodology. Overspray is an offence as much as using approved materials in a non-approved task. I find it amazing that after nearly 20 years of the regulations commercial organisations still see the use of these materials as no more than a "domestic" procedure. Bob