Pesticides: Industrial Health and Safety
(asked on 21st October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of adverse impacts from exposure to pesticides have been considered by the Health and Safety Executive, in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 4th November 2020
The Health and Safety Executive has investigated a number of cases related to the use of plant protection products notified to their Concerns and Advice Team or through the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
Year | Number of cases investigated by HSE |
2019-20 | 23 |
2018-19 | 47 |
2017-18 | 49 |