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• Non Profit Institution - NGO
• Consortium of 15 Agrochemicals companies Brazil

Management 2018-2019 President: Luis Rhameire Vice Presidents: Ester Dreher e Luis Antonialli Technical - Administrative Director: Fabiana Palma Technical Coordination Coordinator: Daniele Lautenschalaeger Vice- coordinator: Matheus Grigoli

ProHuma Institute of Scientific Studies

ProHuma - Members

Main Objective

Develop a representative database of the Brazilian scenarios for the exposure of workers handling pesticides in Brazil by Mixing, Loading and / or applications, and seed treatments to support the occupational risk assessment.

Scope

To develop a pesticide

handler exposure database

To provide guidance, support and training on the

exposure of workers exposed to pesticides in Brazil.

To support and develop

technologies, systems and factors that mitigate the human exposure to pesticides.

To extend technical /

scientific activities, as required (studies, discussions, etc.).

Institutional Actions

Involvement and input in discussions and events related to pesticide handlers and workers exposure with regulated and regulatory sectors; Participation in working groups/discussion with several agencies that aim the elaboration of regulations related to pesticide handlers and workers exposure.

Stakeholders

Authorities Public and private institutions National experts International experts Public and private laboratories

• Experts will support all stages of work.

Activ ivit itie ies

• Mapping Brazilian agricultural scenarios - Survey –Spark/Blink (finished)
• Assessment of scenarios from international generic databases - AHED and EFSA (national experts) - done
• Comparative assessment - AHED/EFSA x BR scenarios (national experts and ProHuma)
• OPEX 1.0 calculator (finished)
• Planning local exposure studies (ongoing)
• WS with ANVISA to discuss Dermal Absorption (ongoing)
• WS with ANVISA to discuss defaults for size of area treated (finished)
• Survey on size of areas treated by each application technology (finished)

Phase 1

(finished /ongoing)

• Definition of the already existant data to compose the generic database
• Discussion on Reentry and Bystander/Resident risk assessment (ANVISA)
• Definition of the studies that will be conducted locally
• OPEX 2.0 calculator (data from representative scenarios – AHED/EFSA)
• OPEX 3.0 calculator (data from local studies)

Phase 2

• Aeria

Airplane/

• Eugenio

Schorder

Schroder- Pelotas/RS

• Wellington

Pereira Alencar de Carvalho

UFLA- Lavras /MG

Tractor

Airblast

• Hamilton

Ramos

IAC- Jundiaí/SP

• Luís César

Pio

Herbicat- Catanduva /SP

• Tractor

Groundboom

• Marco

Antonio Gandolfo

UENP- Paraná/PR

• Ulisses

Rocha Antuniassi

UNESP- Botucatu/SP

Manual

Backpack and stationary

• Otávio Abi

Saad-

UEL/PR

• Marco

Antonio Gandolfo

UENP- Paraná/PR

• Seed

Treatment

• José Menten

ESALQ- USP

• Ricardo

Otantro

Bayer

• Sergio

Rodrigues

DuPont

Stage 1. Brazilian Experts

ProHuma Provider of science, information, tools and studies to Brazilian operator risk assessment.

Contact

Fabiana Cremaschi Palma Thecnical Administrative Director email- fabiana.palma@prohuma.org.br www.prohuma.org.br

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