Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference (한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.10a
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- Pages.35-35
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- 2003
Applicator Exposure Assessment During Thiophanate-methyl Treatment in Apple Fields
- Moon, Joon-Kwan (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
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Kim, Jeong-Han
(School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2003.10.01
Abstract
Korea has different agricultural pattern from western countries and in particular, pesticide application has been performed by individual farmer. Such situations can result in pesticide exposure to worker at significant level. Thiophanate-methyl is a benzimidazole fungicide, which has been used for the wide range of fungal pathogens in field crops and fruits in Korea. It is insoluble In water, and is stable in neutral, aqueous solution at room temperature. It is a carbendazim precursor and systemic fungicide with protective and curative action. Toxicity to mammalian is low as ADI value is 0.08mg/kg b.w. (Tomlin 2000).
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