Pesticide Usage Monitoring in the United Kingdom

摘要

The last decade has seen an increasing requirement throughout the United Kingdom (UK) for accurate, timely information on pesticide usage to satisfy government legislation and provide data as part of the registration and review process of pesticides. These data, collected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's Pesticide Usage Survey Group (PUSG), provide information on current and past usage patterns and allow the impact of use on the environment, operator and consumer to be more accurately assessed from actual usage pat- terns rather than worst case scenarios.