Draft resolution number 613, 28 February 2019, regarding the active ingredient G01 - GLYPHOSATE of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003
Description
This Draft resolution is the result of the risk assessment for the active ingredient G01 - GLYPHOSATE ofthe Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, and proposes the following changes:– Rural workers and the population near the farming fields:Prohibition of EW formulation (oil-in-water emulsion)
Rotation between workers for aplication activities with tractors (mixing, filling and applying)
Personal protective equipment (PPE) and period for reentry of the worker into the treated area
Drift reduction technology
Safe zone of 10 meters when there is population 550 meters way from farming fields
Definition of exposure and tolerance limits for rural workers– Urban use and food consuming:Adjustment for cronic exposure tolerance limits
Definition of acute exposure limits
Prohibition of the concentraded product for amateur gardening
Prohibition of POEA (polyoxyethyleneamine) above 20% in glyphosate products