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C. Health and environment
Important issues or questions missing:
● Separate food monitoring from environmental monitoring
● Exchange “survey” with “information”
● Obtaining poisoning data is difficult due to social, political, educational and legal factors
● Harmonization <strong>of</strong> format/protocol <strong>of</strong> reporting <strong>of</strong> occupational farm worker poisoning;
household; public health should find place
● Many hospitals function as poison treatment facilities
● Clarification <strong>of</strong> effects on human health
● Ask for data on environmental pesticide exposure, not only effects
● Community monitoring should be recommended
Ambiguous questions:
● What are “methods to document poisoning cases?”
● Definition <strong>of</strong> poison control center/facility
● Explanation <strong>of</strong> “near areas”
Minimum standard <strong>of</strong> compliance
● increasing trend <strong>of</strong> safety
Objectively verifiable indicators:
● give data as a percentage
Availability and quality <strong>of</strong> information:
Country Availability 1 Format 2 Quality 3 Location 4
Bangladesh P P D DAE
Cambodia P O E MOE
China P P, I D MOH, SEPA,
MOA
DPR Korea F I D MOA, MPH
India P P D DPP
Indonesia P P D MOH
Lao PDR P I E MOA
Malaysia F I D MOH
Myanmar P I E, D MOH
Nepal P I D DPP
Pakistan P P D DPP
Philippines P I E DOH, DA
Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea F I D RDA
Singapore P O D MOH, MEA
Sri Lanka P P D DOA/Health
Thailand F, P P (H)/I (Env) E, D DOA, MOPH
Viet Nam P I E MH, MRE
1 full (F), partial (P) or none (N)
2 published (P), internal report (I), personal communication (C), o<strong>the</strong>r (O)
3 personal estimates (E), quantitative data (D)
4 Department acronym
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