Management Cockpits to Manage Pesticide Emergencies

Acute poisoning during application, transport accidents, natural disasters in storage zones, spills and inhalation exposure… these are some of the routine risks pesticides operators have to take on a daily basis during the growing season.

The concept of a Management Cockpit can serve to make an Emergency and Poisoning Response System more effective. The following link, retrieved on date, proves how logistic control improves with relevant electronic databases at a controller’s fingertips:

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A Management Cockpit for adverse events concerning pesticides should provide for the following:

- Multi-media links with the accident site
- MSDS information
- Real-time contact with regulators at national, state and local levels
- Media contacts for public information
- Cash, travel and victual resources
- Real time contact with back-up, support and management teams
- Business Continuity arrangements