AgPest-UNH-Personal Protective Equipment
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Pesticides can pose hazards to humans, so it is important that an applicator be safe.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is one way in which an applicator can keep
themselves safe from pesticide exposure. PPE is defined as gear that is worn to
help prevent pesticides from entering or getting on to the body.
This course is designed to remind applicators to the severity of pesticide poisoning and how this poisoning depends on the pesticide's chemical makeup and formulation, its path into the body, the amount that enters the body, and the length of exposure. Wearing PPE can greatly reduce the potential for dermal, inhalation, eye, and oral exposure, and thereby significantly reducing the chances of a pesticide poisoning, but it does not necessarily eliminate it.
Credits for this course are currently available for New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
This course is designed to remind applicators to the severity of pesticide poisoning and how this poisoning depends on the pesticide's chemical makeup and formulation, its path into the body, the amount that enters the body, and the length of exposure. Wearing PPE can greatly reduce the potential for dermal, inhalation, eye, and oral exposure, and thereby significantly reducing the chances of a pesticide poisoning, but it does not necessarily eliminate it.
Credits for this course are currently available for New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.
For more information or to enroll please contact Rachel Maccini, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, University of New Hampshire.
The fee for this course is $20. To purchase and enroll in the course, select the following button:
- Teacher: Faye Cragin
- Teacher: Rachel Maccini