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Document ID (ISN)44070
CIS number 85-1089
ISSN - Serial title Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Stoke J.
Title Agricultural chemicals - How their potential hazards are controlled in New Zealand
Bibliographic information Summer 1984, Vol.9, No.1, p.12-16. 6 ref.
Abstract This outline covers: the government bodies responsible for controlling agricultural chemicals in New Zealand; hazard assessment; labelling requirements; registration of chemical applicators (certification of qualified users); statistics of the number of occupational poisonings due to these substances (17 in 1981).
Descriptors (primary) agricultural chemicals; New Zealand; agriculture; limitation of exposure; pesticides
Descriptors (secondary) hazard evaluation; role of government; warning notices
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Agriculture
Agricultural chemicals