Pesticide poisoning incidents

The Health and Safety Executive has at last produced a short leaflet advising how and where to report incidents of pesticide poisoning. The table of who to report to is reproduced below. The Pesticides Trust [now PAN UK] has produced an incident report form and guide, indicating information and details which are useful to record.
HSE Leaflets are free from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, Tel: 0787 881165, Fax: 0787 313995.
The Pesticides Trust Incident Report form is free, send s.a.e.

Site	Pesticides Incidents involving
	People(1)	Environment		Wildlife, live-stock or pets or pets
		on land	in water
Factories Farms Building sites Railways Domestic dwellings2	Health and Safety Executive		National Rivers Authority (3)	Agriculture Departments(4)
Offices Others	Local Authority

Veterinary medicine incidents involving
People(1)	Treated animals	Environment		Wildlife or pets
		on land	in water
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)			NRA(3) and VMD	Agriculture Departments and VMD

1 Employers and the self-employed are legally required to report certain work-related incidents. Advice is available from your Local Authority or HSE Area Office.
2. Only when people are employed to carry out the work; other incidents involving pesticides in domestic premises should go to the Local Authority.
3. In Scotland, the appropriate local River Purification Board or Islands Council.
4. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department or the Welsh Office Agriculture Department as appropriate.
Incidents involving deliberate poisoning of wildlife can be reported on Freephone 0800 321 600

[This article first appeared in Pesticides News No. 23, March 1994, page 20]