Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회지)

Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회)
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A Study on Developing Safety and Health Information Database of Pesticide Ingredients Used in Korea

국내 유통되는 농약 유효성분에 대한 안전보건정보 데이터베이스 구축

  • Lim, Kyong-Che (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Choi, Sang-Jun (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 임경채 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 최상준 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과)
  • Received : 2010.04.20
  • Accepted : 2010.06.02
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

In this study, we have developed the database of safety and health information for pesticide active ingredients used in Korea. There were 1,283 pesticide items among which 296 were found to be out of use in current. A total of 349 pesticide ingredients were being used in Korea. The database consists of 32 types of information including chemical characteristics, acute toxicity, chronic toxicity (carcinogenic and reproductive toxicity), specific symptoms by exposure route and first aid. When pesticide ingredients were assessed in terms of key properties such as color, odor, acute toxicity, carcinogenic and reproductive toxicity, they were white, colorless and odorless, in general. When ingredients were classified by category of acute toxicity, 'Non-hazardous' represented 29%, followed by 'Slightly hazardous' at 16%, 'Moderately hazardous' at 14%, 'Highly hazardous' at 5%, and 'Extremely hazardous' at 2%. 85 out of 349, or 24% of ingredients were found to be possibly carcinogenic to human. This database is expected to provide an easy access for farmers, agriculture supervisors, researchers and consumers, and it can ultimately be used as basic data on farmer's safety and health.

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