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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The use of in vitro testing to refine cumulative assessment groups of pesticides: The example of teratogenic conazoles.
Food Chem. Toxicol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2014.07.006
OpenFrom NOEC to ECx: a large scale data analysis on ecotoxicological studies with pesticides
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…
OpenDon’t mix the grape and the grain: are ERA official procedures suitable for inorganic plant protection products?
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…
OpenPECsw Step 1&2 + mitigation
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.
OpenE-Fate tools collection
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)
OpenEffects of mixtures of azole fungicides in postimplantation rat whole-embryo cultures.
Arch. Toxicol. 87, 1989–1997. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-013-1048-y
OpenTeratogenic effects of mixtures of azole fungicides assessed in rodents by using in vitro and in vivo methods.
Toxicol. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.05.514
OpenSpatial and temporal trend of groundwater contamination from terbuthylazine and desethyl-terbuthylazine in the Lombardy Region (Italy).
Environ. Sci. Process. Impacts 15. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2em30536d
OpenPECsoil calculator
This tool allows to calculate the PECsoil for the a.s. of PPPs using the equations reported in the "Soil persistence models and EU registration" guideline (FOCUS 29.2.97).
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