According to the FAO Code Art. 7.3 there are two methods governments can use to regulate the availability of pesticides in their countries: 1) not registering a product and 2) as a condition of registration, restricting the availability to certain groups of users in accordance with a national assessment of the hazards involved in the use of the product. In addition the FAO Code calls on the pesticide industry to consider prohibiting sales. These options have not been used enough up to now to prevent harm. Documenting false pesticide use can support implementing such options and avoid harm.
Resources
ILO ConventionConvention concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work. International Labour Organisation, Geneva: 1990. download
Community based monitoring (CPAM)
The PAN Community-based Pesticide Action Monitoring (CPAM) is a programme developed by PAN Asia & Pacific for awareness-building and empowerment of local communities. It is based on Participatory Action Research and aims, for example, to fill information gaps on the distribution and use of pesticides. More at: http://www.panap.net/ 18.0.html
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Suggestion for Action
Find out whether a large number of pesticide users fail to apply pesticides according to law (e.g. without any personal protection or without being trained). If they do, write or talk to your government and ask them to apply neues FensterFAO Code Art. 7.3Suggestion for Action
Find out whether there are restrictions on the availability to certain groups of users (for example, trained and certified users) and check to see if this rule is applied in practice. (See first suggestion for action)Message
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2006 the German city of Osnabrueck decided to ban the use of herbicides on non-agricultural public areas.Message
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