PEC calculation for nonprofessional uses: a new approach

Year: 2019 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Ullucci S., Menaballi L., Luini M., Riva C., Azimonti G.

Pesticides are often used by non-professional users in gardens, glasshouses and apartments. On the market, a good number of products for non-professional users are available. Nevertheless, a specific guidance for the risk assessment for non-professional use of pesticides is not…

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Flooded Rice Pesticide Risk Assessment: the orphan” cereal in current Guidance Documents”

Year: 2019 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Alessandra Caffi, Flavio Marchetto, Stefano Ubbiali, Alessio Riva, Francesco Galimberti

European Pesticide Registration requires a Risk Assessment for non-target organisms which has to be performed according to EU Regulation (Reg. 1107/2009 EC). Through the years European Authorities developed Guidance Documents (GD) for risk assessment considering exposure scenarios for the required…

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EFSA new guidance on endocrine disruptors: comments, critical aspects and a case study

Year: 2019 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Francesca Metruccio, Francesco Galimberti, Consuelo Civitella, Valentina Guercio, Angelo Moretto

The EFSA Endocrine Disruptors guidance has been developed to help assessors of the regulatory authorities on the definition of the scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine-disrupting properties in the context of Regulations (EU) No 16 528/2012 and (EC) No…

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Identification of terrestrial vertebrate species in rice paddy

Year: 2019 • Category: Poster • Language: Inglese
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Pesticide registration in EU (Reg. 1107/2009 EC) requires appropriate risk assessment for non-target organisms including birds and mammals. The European Food Safety Authority developed a Guidance Document (GD) which doesn’t include scenarios for pesticide applications on rice; nowadays risk assessment…

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Mit-Mesw

Year: 2019 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Francesco Galimberti, Stefan Otto, Giovanna Azimonti, Angelo Moretto

The authorization process for plant protection products (PPP) requires, among others, the assessment of surface water contamination deriving from the use of each product. In some cases, the application of PPP might present some critical features for the aquatic environment…

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Application of VandA to the North of Italy

Year: 2019 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Francesco Galimberti, Giovanna Azimonti, Angelo Moretto

VandA is an innovative, easy to use tool to visualize the pesticide surface water contamination, assess the potential pesticide risk and address where to introduce mitigation measures to reduce the contamination and control the risk in the surface water environmental…

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