EXPOSURE AND RISK ASSESSMENT, HEALTH MONITORING, AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR HERBICIDE APPLICATORS

State departments of transportation across the country use herbicides in roadside vegetation management and insect control. Significant employee, public health, and environmental issues arise from such use. Issues of potential exposure, health risks, health monitoring, and risk management have assumed importance in design and maintenance of transport corridors. Programs that address these issues are described, including a numerical, relative hazard rating scale for ranking herbicides and pesticides. The state of Maine Department of Transportation has incorporated such programs into its decision making regarding use and restriction of herbicides. The programs, program results, and critique of program capabilities and limitations are described. Critical issues facing prospective consumers and providers of such programs are analyzed.

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• Authors:
  • Michaels, Robert A
  • Crawford, David W
  • Campbell, Bruce A
  • Lawrence, Frank H
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: pp 21-27
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1016
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash exposure; Health; Herbicides; Personnel; Pesticides; Ratings; Risk assessment; Risk management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Exposure
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457873
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 30 1986 12:00AM