 | 10 facts about pesticides | |
| Crop protection products or pesticides are one of the vital tools that help farmers grow healthy crops. Pesticides keep our food free from moulds, insects and their poisonous by-products. Pesticides benefit us in many other ways.
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| What are the facts on atrazine? | |
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Atrazine is a herbicide used for the control of grass and broadleaf weeds. It works by inhibiting photosynthesis, killing weeds over two to three weeks.
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| Maximum Residue Limits - CropLife Position Paper | |
| CropLife Australia broadly supports the current Australian position on MRLs, but proposes some modifications and streamlining of the MRL-setting process between the APVMA and FSANZ.
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| COAG Principles | |
| Principles of good regulation for pesticides
CropLife Australia has adopted the COAG principles and guidelines for setting national standards and regulations as a framework for development of best practice regulation of pesticides in A..... |
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| Ensuring the environmental safety of pesticides | |
| Pesticides undergo significant research to ensure they can be used safely and correctly without damaging the environment.
Read or download the fact sheet: Ensuring the environmental safety of pesticides - Feb 2010.pdf
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| Atrazine FAQ | |
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Atrazine is a selective systemic herbicide that can be used both before and after the emergence of a crop or tree to control grass and broadleaf weeds.
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| Approval of pesticides in Australia | |
| Pesticides sold in Australia must first pass a rigorous, scientific risk assessment to ensure they are effective and safe
Read or download the fact sheet: C - Approval of pesticides in Australia.pdf
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| Some facts about pesticide sales in Australia | |
| Sales of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides are cyclical and are affected by climatic conditions, pest pressures, commodity prices, changing agricultural production methods and the uptake of new technologies.
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| Some facts about why pesticides are used | |
| Pesticides increase Australian crop yields by about 40% and enable the production of abundant and high quality food and fibre crops.
Pesticides increase the value of Australian food production by $13 billion each year.
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| Some facts about pesticide residues | |
| Australian Government research shows that over 99% of Australian foods tested have no detectable residues or are below the maximum residue limit.
Read or download the fact sheet: Some facts about pesticide residues.pdf
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| 10 pesticide facts you need to know | |
| 10 pesticide facts you need to know
Printable version: 10 pesticide facts you need to know.pdf
Pesticide is a broad term that defines all chemical substances used to control insects, diseases, weeds, fungi and other “pests” on p..... |
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| FAO Code of Conduct | |
| Australia’s crop protection companies that are members of CropLife Australia are world leaders in meeting international standards for the manufacture and distribution of pesticides.
The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the ..... |
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| International management of chemicals | |
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Printable version: International management of chemicals.pdf
The Australian Government is committed to two multilateral conventions on the management of chemicals – the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ..... |
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| Environmental problems Georges Bay, Tasmania | |
| Preliminary review of Drs A Bleaney and M Scammell Report (BSR), compiled by Dr Scammell with the title:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS GEORGES BAY, TASMANIA
By: Professor Paolo F Ricci, PhD, LLM
University of San Francisco and Uni..... |
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| Forestry chemicals in Tasmania | |
| Impacts of the use of agricultural forestry chemicals in Tasmania
During July 2004 the media reported the findings of the Scammell Report, Environmental Problems Georges Bay, Tasmania, that implicated the use of agricultural forestry c..... |
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