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Reduction of user contamination during the handling of plant protection products (PPP) from containers by means of various closed transfer systems (CTS)
Project
Project code: JKI-AT-08-1144
Contract period: 01.01.2018
- 31.12.2018
Purpose of research: Applied research
The use of chemical plant protection products (PPP) should be improved, which includes the aspect of user safety. The risks caused by these substances used are not only to be considered with regard to the environment. They can also have an impact on operator´s healthiness, in part even carcinogenic, neurogenic and / or reproductive toxicity (BfR), especially when handled improperly. Therefore, the exposure of PPP to the environment must be kept as low as possible. The risk of user´s contamination is particularly high when dosing undiluted PPP into the plant protection equipment. For dosing measuring cups are used frequently to measure the exact volume of the PPP. Since the PPP containers are often delivered in five or ten liter units by the manufacturers, small drops or splashes can get into the environment as well as on the operator during this process. Within the framework of the research project, a method is to be developed to investigate the extent to which user contamination can be reduced by closed transfer systems (CTS) as opposed to conventional filling of plant protection products. In the end, a representative and experimental test method is to be developed in order to be able to assess closed transfer systems.
The result of the project should therefore be to receive a recognized test method for closed transfer systems and an assessment for such systems. The existing method for quantifying user contamination from the previous research project with regard to procedures and materials used will be revised and improved. Based on the representative, experimental investigations, relevant characteristic values for user protection and environmental exposure can be determined. Finally, criteria are to be derived which form the basis for a legal regulation of requirements for closed transfer systems.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Protection
- Agricultural Engineering Plant Production
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Application Techniques in Plant Protection (JKI-AT)
