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About Focus on Pesticide Use
About Focus on Pesticide Use
Focus on Pesticide Use is a project with the aim to spread information about the risks associated with the use and handling of plant protection products, in order to reduce pesticides in ground and surface waters, and to improve the use of personal equipment. The collaboration between authorities, interest organisations and companies has contined since 1997.
There is a general requirement in Sweden for all professional users of plant protection products to calculate and observe proper spray drift related to safety distances, based on local conditions. A particular Helper (Hjälpreda in Swedish) has been developed to facilitate this exercise for farmers at each spraying occasion. The objective is to mitigate spray drift in order to protect vulnerable terrestrial and aquatic compartments outside the field and in particular aquatic
organisms, non-target invertebrates and plants.