Pesticide safety and use
See also sections on Environmental protection: pollution control in air, soil and water and Food and drink: pesticide residues in food
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual reports
These reports are available on the Pesticides Safety Directorate website
at:
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/acp.asp?id=769
Any reports not listed are unavailable as paper copies.
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual report 2004
PB11423 Free
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual report 2002
PB8622 Free
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual report 2001
PB6871 Free
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual report 2000
PB5381 £10.00 (includes postage & packing)
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual report 1999
PB5079 £10.00 (includes postage & packing)
Advisory Committee on Pesticides annual report 1998
PB4258 £12.00 (includes postage & packing)
Broadcast air-assisted sprayers: a step-by-step guide to reducing aquatic buffer zones (Local Environment Risk Assessment for Pesticides [ LERAP])
This booklet, issued by Defra and the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD),
assumes that all necessary planning for the crop, spray operation and
product selection has been done in advance, and that requirements of the
Green Code (see next item) are followed throughout. It applies to broadcast
air-assisted sprayers only - different rules apply to horizontal boom
sprayers.
Defra, 2002 A4, 12pp, illus
PB6533 Free
Code of practice for using plant protection products
Prepared jointly by Defra, the Health & Safety Commission (HSC) and the National Assembly for Wales Environment, Planning and Countryside Department
This Code of Practice is for all professional users of plant protection products in England and Wales in respect of Part III of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA) and the regulations controlling pesticides, particularly plant protection products, under that part of the Act. From 15 December 2005 it replaces the following three previous codes of practice:
- the Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Pesticides on Farms and Small Holdings ("the Green Code")
- the Code of Practice for the use of Approved pesticides in Amenity Areas and Industrial Areas ("the Orange Code") a voluntary code produced by the National Association of Agricultural Contractors and the British Agrochemical Association
- those parts of the Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Pesticides for Non-Agricultural Purposes - The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 ("the Blue Code") which deal with forestry.
The Code’s statutory basis means that it can be used in evidence if people are taken to Court for offences involving pesticides. The code is available to download in pdf format on the Pesticides Safety Directorate website.
Defra, 2006 A4 166pp, illus
PB11090 (ISBN 0855211709) £17.00 (includes postage & packing)
Advice from Defra's Pesticides Safety Directorate on how to prepare,
calibrate and maintain pesticide spraying equipment correctly, so that
it is ready to use safely in order to prevent damage to the environment
and wildlife.
Defra, revised 2002 A5 10pp, illus
PB3160 Free
Official Group on OPs: report to Ministers
The report of a high-level group of officials from MAFF and the Department
of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), Department of Health
(DH), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Cabinet Office (CO), Scottish Office
(SO), Welsh Office (WO), Northern Ireland Office (NIO), Health and Safety
Executive (HSE), Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), Pesticides Safety
Directorate (PSD) and the Medicines Control Agency (MCA). The Group was
formed after Ministers in the departments involved decided to review all
the issues relevant to the safety and control of organophosphorous (OP)
products. Ministers wished in particular to be assured that there was
effective co-ordination between the many Departments and Agencies of Government
involved, to ensure that questions were examined from all angles, and
that decisions were taken in full knowledge of all relevant information
held by Government.
MAFF, 1998 A4 149pp
PB3814 Free
Pesticide poisoning of animals - reports
These reports are available in pdf format on the Pesticides Safety Directorate website at: www.pesticides.gov.uk/environment.asp?id=58.
Pesticide poisoning of animals 2002: investigations
of suspected incidents in the United Kingdom.
A report of the Environmental Panel of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides
In the UK the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme investigates deaths
of wildlife, including beneficial insects, pets and some livestock, where
there is strong evidence to suggest that pesticide poisoning may be involved.
The Environmental Panel provides advice to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides
(ACP) on environmental problems relating to pesticides. This annual report
covers incidents in 2002 arising from the approved use of pesticides,
accidental or wilful misuse and deliberate abuse, and also gives details
of consequent enforcement action taken under the Food and Environment
Protection Act, 1985 and other legislation.
Defra, 2003 A4 ii, 52pp
PB6353 Free
Also available:
Pesticide poisoning of animals 2001
PB7632 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
Pesticide poisoning of animals 2000
PB6353 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
Pesticide poisoning of animals 1999
PB5333 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
Pesticide poisoning of animals 1998
PB4786 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
Poisoning of animals by pesticides
Explains the various schemes in England and Wales under which animals
suspected of being poisoned by pesticides are examined.
MAFF, amended 1996 A5 6pp illus
PB0894 Free
Pesticide Usage Survey Reports
The Advisory Committee on Pesticides advises government on all aspects of pesticide use, including regular monitoring of the usage of all pesticides. Accurate data is needed on the usage of individual pesticides, including trends in usage. All surveys of pesticide usage in agriculture and horticulture are now fully coordinated by the Pesticide Usage Survey Groups of the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), an executive agency of Defrfa, and of the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, an agency of the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SERAD). The two survey groups now present combined reports of pesticide usage throughout Great Britain.
N.B. Report numbers not listed are either (a) out of print; (b) not yet published; (c) issued by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland (DARDNI); or (d) issued by the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department (SOAFD) before publication of joint reports with CSL started.
These reports are available in full as Adobe Acrobat pdf 
files on the CSL
website from No 150 onwards. Summaries of some earlier reports (from
No 125 on) are also available.
No. 197 Mushroom crops in Great Britain 2003
Defra, 2004 A4 22pp
PB10345 £6.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 196 Protected crops (edible and ornamental) in Great Britain 2003
Defra, 2005 A4 86pp
PB10798 £13.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 195 Outdoor vegetable crops in Great Britain 2003
Defra, 2004 A4 104pp
PB10344 £8.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 193 Commercial grain stores in Great Britain 2003
Defra, 2004 A4 22pp
PB10343 £6.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 192 Farm grain stores in Great Britain 2002/03
Defra, 2004 A4 22pp
PB10342 £6.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 189 Potato stores in Great Britain 2002
Defra, 2004 A4 21pp
PB10196 £2.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 188 Grassland and fodder crops in Great Britain 2002
Defra, 2004 A4 78pp
PB10195 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 187 Arable crops in Great Britain 2002
Defra, 2003 A4 108pp
PB9148 £5.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 186 Aerial applications, Great Britain 2002
Defra, 2003 A4 12pp
PB8176 £3.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 185 Rodenticide usage by local authorities in Great Britain 2001
Defra, 2004 A4 xxpp
PB10194 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 184 Aerial applications, Great Britain 2001
Defra, 2003 A4 12pp
PB8154 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 183 Outdoor bulbs & flowers in Great Britain 2001
Defra, 2003 A4 36pp
PB8153 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 182 Hardy nursery stock in Great Britain 2001
Defra, 2003 A4 35pp
PB8177 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 181 Soft fruit in Great Britain 2001
Defra, 2003 A4 39pp
PB8017 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 180 Commercial grain stores in Great Britain 1998/99
Defra, 2001 A4 20pp
PB6171 £2.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 176 Aerial applications, Great Britain 2000
Defra, 2003 A4 13pp
PB8152 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 175 Rodenticide usage on farms in Great Britain growing arable
crops 2000
Defra, 2003 A4 22pp
PB8016 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 174 Potato stores in Great Britain 2000
Defra, 2003 A4 21pp
PB8015 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 172 Orchards and fruit stores in Great Britain 2000
DEFRA, 2001 A4 39pp
PB6168 £2.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 171 Arable crops in Great Britain 2000
Defra, 2003 A4 58pp
PB8014 £3.00
No. 166 Aerial applications, Great Britain 1999
Defra, 2003 A4 14pp
PB8151 £2.50
No. 165 Mushroom crops in Great Britain 1999
Defra, 2001 A4 22pp
PB6167 £2.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 164 Protected crops (edible and ornamental) in Great Britain 1999
Defra, 2001 A4 65pp
PB6166 £4.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 163 Outdoor vegetable crops in Great Britain 1999
Defra, 2001 A4 61pp
PB5947 £4.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 162 Rodenticide usage on farms in Great Britain growing arable
crops 1998
Defra, 2001 A4 20pp
PB5946 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 161 Potato stores in Great Britain 1998
MAFF, 2000 A4 19pp
PB5413 £3.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 160 Soft fruit in Great Britain 1998
MAFF, 2000 A4 62pp
PB5412 £4.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 159 Arable farm crops in Great Britain 1998
MAFF, 1999 A4 97pp
PB4808 £5.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 158 Aerial applications Great Britain 1998
MAFF, 1999 A4 15pp
PB4552 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 155 Rodenticide usage by local authorities in Great Britain 1997
MAFF, 2000 A4 40pp
PB5411 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 153 Outdoor bulbs and flowers in Great Britain 1997
MAFF, 1999 A4 40pp
PB4244 £3.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 152 Hardy nursery stock in Great Britain 1997
MAFF, 1999 A4 54pp
PB4280 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 149 Aerial applications, United Kingdom 1997
MAFF, 1998 A4 15pp
PB3802 £3.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 144 Rodenticide usage on farms in Great Britain growing arable
crops 1996
MAFF, 1999 A4 18pp
PB4243 £3.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 138 Commercial grain stores in Great Britain 1994/95
MAFF, 1998 A4 20pp
PB3522 £4.00 (includes postage & packing)
No. 120 Hardy nursery stock in Great Britain 1993
PB2137 £8.50 (includes postage & packing)
No. 85 Arable crops 1990
PB0670 £4.50 (includes postage & packing)
Pesticides 2000: pesticides approved under the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 and the Plant Protection Regulations 1995
The official annual handbook of approved pesticide products, now published
jointly by the Pesticides Safety Directorate, a MAFF agency, and the Health
and Safety Executive.
TSO, 2000 A5 x,595pp
ISBN 0112430511 £19.95
Pesticides and integrated farm management
Pesticides help farmers and growers to produce a constant and economic
supply of produce for the market. Pesticides are used to protect crops
from pests, diseases and weeds, but when using pesticides you must be
aware of the possible effect they may have on people's health and the
environment. The most effective way you can respond to these concerns
is by using integrated farm management (IFM) techniques on your farm,
which involve combining traditional and modern farming practices with
measures that protect the environment. This booklet explains some methods
of husbandry that could form part of an IFM system on your holding, and
aims to help you make informed decisions about when to use pesticides
and to guide you towards other sources of help. (This is a new edition
of Pesticides and integrated farming (MAFF, 1996, PB2489), which
it replaces.)
Defra, 2004 A4 11p illus
PB9241 Free
Pesticides, cereal farming and the environment: the
Boxworth project
HMSO, 1992
ISBN 0112428762 Out of print
Pesticides Monitor
incorporating The Pesticides Register
A monthly official listing of MAFF and Health and Safety Executive approvals
of pesticides in the UK, and other official announcements on pesticides.
TSO A4
ISSN 0955-7458
Annual subscription £85.00 including postage. Single issues £7.95
See also: Pesticide Residues Committee reports (formerly Working Party on Pesticide Residues)
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