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All pesticide applicators are required to know basic safety and handling rules for pesticide use. The purpose of this manual is to help you learn those facts and skills. By reading each chapter and then testing yourself with the questions at the end, you can teach yourself what you need to know. This is the basic or core manual for all pesticide applicators. Manuals have been developed for specialty areas such as agricultural use, aerial applicators, pest control operators, etc.... This core manual has been divided into two sections. The first section covers background information that every pesticide applicator should know. Fore example, laws, regulations, toxicity, and safety. The second section describes the steps and decisions which every applicator has to make in his daily routine on the job. The manual has been set up to help you prepare for the pesticide applicator certification exam. -Introd.
The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century witnessed important changes in ecology, climate and human behaviour that favoured the development of urban pests. Most alarmingly, urban planners now face the dramatic expansion of urban sprawl, in which city suburbs are growing into the natural habitats of ticks, rodents and other pests. Also, many city managers now erroneously assume that pest-borne diseases are relics of the past. All these changes make timely a new analysis of the direct and indirect effects of present-day urban pests on health. Such an analysis should lead to the development of strategies to manage them and reduce the risk of exposure. To this end, WHO invited international experts in various fields - pests, pest-related diseases and pest management - to provide evidence on which to base policies. These experts identified the public health risk posed by various pests and appropriate measures to prevent and control them. This book presents their conclusions and formulates policy options for all levels of decision-making to manage pests and pest-related diseases in the future. [Ed.]