May 28, 2009
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Health & Safety Newsletter May 28, 2009 |
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Pesticides: Operator safety is paramount
Each year in France, almost 80,000 tons of pesticides are spread over crops. Farmers are often the unintended targets. At Cemagref, innovative research is being carried out to characterise the exposure of professional personnel to pesticides on the basis of surveys and samples from the field. Farming professionals are the most exposed to pesticides. In France in 2005, they were approximately 800 000 in number. At Cemagref, a goal of the Technologies for farm-equipment safety and performance research unit is to gain knowledge on the exposure of operators to phytosanitary products during their ... |
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Turn down the noise — softening the impact of excess transport noise
As a major contributor to greenhouse gases, the transport sector figures high on the international climate change agenda. But for many living in cities, under flight paths or near major road and rail links, it`s another of transport`s by-products that causes most immediate harm: noise. Clearly, transport noise`s long-term impacts fall a long way short of the apocalyptic projections for unabated global warming. Equally clearly, however, they`re not limited to annoyance. As a growing body of research reveals, transport noise can cause sleep disturbance, cardiovascular disease, elevated hormone ... |
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