Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia
In Malaysia, chemical pesticides are widely used not only for agricultural development, but also to public health, household to control diseases, pests or weeds. In order to ensure that the information of the pesticides’ hazard properties conveyed to all pesticide users, the Globally Harmonized Syst...
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| description | In Malaysia, chemical pesticides are widely used not only for agricultural development, but also to public health, household to control diseases, pests or weeds. In order to ensure that the information of the pesticides’ hazard properties conveyed to all pesticide users, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) has initiated to promote standard criteria for classifying chemicals according to human health, physical and environmental hazards. Even though statuses of GHS implementation on pesticides are remained unstandardized across different countries, Malaysia has taken proactive measures to implement the GHS at the workplace through the promulgation of the Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 2013 (CLASS Regulations). This paper attempted to summarize the health hazards of pesticide chemicals registered in Malaysia by summarizing the nature of the registered pesticides’ hazards classification based on GHS in order to understand the current situation of GHS adoption in pesticides sector in the country. Overall, registered pesticides in Malaysia are known to cause either acute or chronic health effects. Out of 3,610 pesticides registered under the Pesticide Board, a total of 2,241 pesticides are listed as highly hazardous pesticides (HHP). Even though GHS includes appropriate labelling tools to convey information about each of the hazard classes and categories, several limitations have found when classifying appropriate hazard class and categories to individual pesticides. |
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| spelling | upm-800982020-09-22T01:17:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80098/ Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia How, Vivien Chokeli, Raihanah Yuswir, Nurul Syazani In Malaysia, chemical pesticides are widely used not only for agricultural development, but also to public health, household to control diseases, pests or weeds. In order to ensure that the information of the pesticides’ hazard properties conveyed to all pesticide users, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) has initiated to promote standard criteria for classifying chemicals according to human health, physical and environmental hazards. Even though statuses of GHS implementation on pesticides are remained unstandardized across different countries, Malaysia has taken proactive measures to implement the GHS at the workplace through the promulgation of the Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 2013 (CLASS Regulations). This paper attempted to summarize the health hazards of pesticide chemicals registered in Malaysia by summarizing the nature of the registered pesticides’ hazards classification based on GHS in order to understand the current situation of GHS adoption in pesticides sector in the country. Overall, registered pesticides in Malaysia are known to cause either acute or chronic health effects. Out of 3,610 pesticides registered under the Pesticide Board, a total of 2,241 pesticides are listed as highly hazardous pesticides (HHP). Even though GHS includes appropriate labelling tools to convey information about each of the hazard classes and categories, several limitations have found when classifying appropriate hazard class and categories to individual pesticides. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80098/1/Human%20health%20hazard%20the%20registered%20pesticides%20from%20globally%20harmonized%20system%20of%20classification%20and%20labelling%20of%20chemicals%20%28GHS%29%20in%20Malaysia.pdf How, Vivien and Chokeli, Raihanah and Yuswir, Nurul Syazani (2019) Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (suppl. 3). pp. 111-115. ISSN 1675-8544 http://mymedr.afpm.org.my/publications/82182 |
| spellingShingle | How, Vivien Chokeli, Raihanah Yuswir, Nurul Syazani Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia |
| title | Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia |
| title_full | Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia |
| title_short | Human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) in Malaysia |
| title_sort | human health hazard: the registered pesticides from globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (ghs) in malaysia |
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