The

Pesticide Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests. This includes herbicide, insecticide, nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, microbicide, fungicide, and lampri ...

s Safety Directorate was an agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It was based in

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, England, with about 200 scientific, policy and support staff and was responsible for the authorisation of plant protection products and, from 2005, detergents, in the United Kingdom. In April 2008, it joined the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and in April 2009, became part of a newly formed Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) at the HSE.

Aims of the Pesticides Safety Directorate

*To ensure the safe use of

pesticides Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests. This includes herbicide, insecticide, nematicide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, microbicide, fungicide, and lampric ...

and detergents for people and the environment. *To harmonise pesticide regulation within the

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and provide a level playing field for crop protection. *As part of the strategy for

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and farming, to reduce negative impacts of pesticides on the environment.

References

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External links

Home page of the Pesticides Safety Directorate official website
as preserved by

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on 19 September 2006.
Stewardship Community - working together to promote the safe, effective use of pesticides
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