Yonatal Terfera - University of Adelaide Chemical Hazards: Understanding pesticide Skin exposure and glove protection in horticulture

1. Chemical hazards:
Understanding pesticide skin
exposure and glove protection in
horticulture
Yonatal Tefera
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2. What is the health and safety issue?
68% of Horticulture industryProduction and sales
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3. What are the health effects?
Reproductive effect Cancer Respiratory diseases
Neurological DisorderSkin effects 3

4. Who is at risk?
Pest control Manufacturing
Agriculture
Floristry
Flower Greenhouses
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5. Approach
Field exposure assessment
Protection performance of gloves
Exposure to OPs and
absorption through skin
Australian exposure Scenario
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6. Who are the stakeholders?
Pesticide suppliersGlove manufacturers
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7. Implications to policy and practice
Greenhouse characteristics
interact to modify pesticide
exposure, at a greater intensity
compared to open farms. Hence,
the findings suggest greater
potential for exposure in
greenhouses.
1. Literature review
2. Glove and skin studies
• Glove selection, pesticide manufacturing, risk assessment and pesticide registration and
approval processes
3. Field study
• Guides future quantitative studies and development of tailored exposure control strategy
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8. Thank You
Enquiries to: yonatalmesfin.tefera@Adelaide.edu.au 8