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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Industrial Health and Safety (12 February 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Government issues on health and safety protection for workers administering (a) chemicals and (b) poisons used in pest control.

Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)

Answer

The Health and Safety Executive’s website provides comprehensive, accessible guidance about safe use, including good practice and access to training, for chemicals at

http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm, for biocidal products at

http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/using.htm and for plant protection products at

http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/guidance/industries/pesticides/user-areas/farmers-and-growers#Advice_on_Using_and_Storing_Pesticides.


Answered by:
Mr Mark Harper (Conservative)
26 February 2015

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