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Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2006 50(7):651-655; doi:10.1093/annhyg/mel060
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Pesticides and The Residential Bystander

JOOP J. VAN HEMMEN*

TNO Senior Research Fellow in Occupational Toxicology TNO Chemistry, Zeist, The Netherlands

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +31 30 6944913; fax: +31 30 6944707; e-mail: joop.vanhemmen@tno.nl

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INTRODUCTION

Some time ago I stood on a public road in France watching a helicopter spraying pesticide on the fields of my father-in-law. The helicopter overshot and sprayed me as well. My father-in-law severely reprimanded the pilot and since then has no longer used aerial spraying, but the incident gave me an immediate experience of bystander exposure.

In Britain as in other countries there have been reports for several years of pesticide use near residential areas and alleged ill-health as a result. These reports have become stronger and stronger, and have led to a debate between various groups of activists/campaigners (or victims, as they consider themselves) and the government about the robustness of the regulatory risk assessment and management procedures for pesticides as they affect bystanders. A frequent element in the complaint is that the ‘victims’ could rarely prove that the health complaints were related to pesticides, because no information could . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The approval process
The RCEP report and its critics
A personal response
The British government response to RCEP

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