Report from the Sub-comittee on the environment and health
Report from the Sub-comittee on the environment and health
Report from the Sub-comittee on the environment and health
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5.4 The sub-committee’s c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>cerning<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>mental impacts 85<br />
6 EXPOSURE OF HUMANS AND HEALTH EFFECTS 89<br />
6.1 Exposure of, <strong>and</strong> effects <strong>on</strong>, agricultural workers 89<br />
6.1.1 Introducti<strong>on</strong> 89<br />
6.1.2 Accidents <strong>and</strong> injuries 91<br />
6.1.3 Work-related factors with pesticides <strong>and</strong> mechanical methods 94<br />
6.1.4 Risk of cancer 96<br />
6.1.5 O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r effects 98<br />
6.1.6 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s 101<br />
6.2 Exposure <strong>and</strong> effects <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong> 102<br />
6.2.1 Use <strong>and</strong> risk groups 102<br />
6.2.2 Risk populati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> individual vulnerability 103<br />
6.2.3 Exposure of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong> 104<br />
6.2.4 Calculati<strong>on</strong>s of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong>’s intake of pesticides 110<br />
6.2.5 Determinati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> effects of pesticides <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> populati<strong>on</strong> 119<br />
6.2.6 L<strong>on</strong>g-term effects of low-dose exposure 123<br />
6.2.7 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s 128<br />
6.3 Pois<strong>on</strong>ing caused by pesticides 130<br />
6.3.1 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s 131<br />
6.4 The sub-committee’s c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s 131<br />
6.4.1 The sub-committee’s recommendati<strong>on</strong>s 132<br />
7 COFORMULANTS AND OTHER CHEMICAL<br />
SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING SUBSTANCES OCCURRING<br />
NATURALLY IN AGRICULTURE 135<br />
7.1 Coformulants in pesticides 135<br />
7.2 Proporti<strong>on</strong>ality: <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> chemical impact in agriculture 136<br />
7.2.1 Chemical substances in agriculture 136<br />
7.2.2 Chemical substances in food products 139<br />
7.3 Natural substances 140<br />
7.4 The sub-committee’s c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s 142<br />
8 IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL<br />
AND DANGEROUS PESTICIDES, AND<br />
OPERATIONALISATION OF THE PRECAUTIONARY<br />
PRINCIPLE 145<br />
8.1 Ranking of envir<strong>on</strong>mentally harmful <strong>and</strong> dangerous pesticides 145<br />
8.1.1 Risk of groundwater polluti<strong>on</strong> 146<br />
8.1.2 Impacts <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>ment 155<br />
8.1.3 Effects in<strong>health</strong> 156<br />
8.1.4 The sub-committee’s c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s 157<br />
8.2 Precauti<strong>on</strong>ary principle <strong>and</strong> risk 159<br />
8.2.1 Approaches to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> precauti<strong>on</strong>ary principle 161<br />
8.2.2 Groundwater <strong>and</strong> drinking water as a case 163<br />
8.2.3 The sub-committee’s c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s 165