COMPARISON OF NOEC VALUES TO EC10/EC20 VALUES, INCLUDING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS, IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOTOXICOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT. CALL REFERENCE: GP/EFSA/PRAS/2013/01

Year: 2015 • Category: Scientific articles • Language: English
Authors: Flavio Marchetto and Francesco Galimberti, Giovanna Azimonti, Luca Menaballi, Sonia Ullucci, Federica Pellicioli, Alessandra Caffi, Lidia Ceriani, Alessio Ippolito, Waldo de Boer, Hilko van der Voet, Angelo Moretto

Ecotoxicological studies performed for the authorization of plant protection products (PPP) usually result in the reporting of endpoint values in terms of effect concentration (EC) affecting a percentage x of test organisms or where a x percentage of an effect…

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From NOEC to ECx: a large scale data analysis on ecotoxicological studies with pesticides

Year: 2015 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Flavio Marchetto, Francesco Galimberti, Waldo de Boer, Hilko van der Voet, Anelo Moretto

Historically chronic or long-term studies performed for the authorisation of plant protection products (PPP) result in the reporting of endpoint values in terms of No-Observed Effect Concentration (NOEC). The related Test Guidelines (OECD, ISO, EPA) were designed to fulfil the…

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Don’t mix the grape and the grain: are ERA official procedures suitable for inorganic plant protection products?

Year: 2014 • Category: Poster • Language: English
Authors: Alessio Ippolito, Flavio Marchetto, Lidia Ceriani, Giovanna Azimonti

Most of currently used active ingredients in Plant Protection Products (PPP) are organic xenobiotics. Despite in numerical terms, natural inorganic compounds represent a small minority, their usage is extremely widespread. According to FAO data, inorganics represent about half of the…

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PECsw Step 1&2 + mitigation

Year: 2013 • Category: Download • Language: English
Authors: Alessio Ippolito, Lidia Ceriani, Luca Menaballi, Francesco Galimberti

This tool replicates the features of the FOCUS Step 1&2 model on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It allows to include some mitigation measures in the calculation of PECsw/sed at Step1 and Step2.

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E-Fate tools collection

Year: 2013 • Category: Download • Language: English
Authors: Alessio Ippolito

Useful group of tools for the E-Fate section (Julian day calculator, koc-kom converter, MW calculator, Transform rate PELMO calculator, Metabolite application rate, USDA Texture calculator)

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