Personal protection equipment (PPE)
Pesticide exposure of users and agricultural workers
Published on 03/08/2016
Keywords : Pesticides, Personal protection equipment (PPE), Work, Plant protection products
Ever since its inception, ANSES has been concerned about the issue of pesticide exposure of users and agricultural workers. It therefore issued an internal request, to characterise the types of exposure giving rise to a risk in order to propose targeted and proportionate measures to reduce them. The Agency also launched an assessment of the effectiveness of personal protective equipment worn by users, so as to propose improvements in its recommendations on the subject. Below is an overview of the work carried out by the Agency.
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Means of protecting workers from short and thin asbestos fibres
Updated on 04/08/2016
Keywords : Asbestos, Mesothelioma, Personal protection equipment (PPE), Work
In carrying out its work in 2009 on short and thin asbestos fibres, the Agency specifically recommended a reassessment of collective and personal protective equipment in order to evaluate their effectiveness with respect to these two types of fibre.
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