Article 7 Information and awareness-raising

Member States shall take measures to inform the general public and to promote and facilitate information and awareness-raising programmes and the availability of accurate and balanced information relating to pesticides for the general public, in particular regarding the risks and the potential acute and chronic effects for human health, non-target organisms and the environment arising from their use, and the use of non-chemical alternatives.

Member States shall put in place systems for gathering information on pesticide acute poisoning incidents, as well as chronic poisoning developments where available, among groups that may be exposed regularly to pesticides such as operators, agricultural workers or persons living close to pesticide application areas.

To enhance the comparability of information, ►C1  the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall develop by 26 November 2012 ◄ a strategic guidance document on monitoring and surveying of impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment.