LRD guides and handbook July 2017

Health and safety law 2017

Chapter 6

Pesticides



[ch 6: page 119]

Pesticides are covered both by the COSHH Regulations and also separate regulations that require employers to:


• take all reasonable precautions to protect human health and the environment;



• confine the application of the pesticide to the crops or area to be treated; and



• ensure when using pesticides in certain specified areas, e.g. those used by the general public, that the amount of pesticide used and the frequency of use are as low as are reasonably practicable.