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Pesticides: new default values proposed for dermal absorption

EFSA has published new guidance on dermal absorption of plant protection products (PPPs). The guidance proposes default values to be used in the absence of experimental data for the risk assessment of active substances used in PPPs. The document,...

3 July 2017

EFSA expands body of work on cumulative risk assessment

EFSA presents its conclusions on the relevance of dissimilar mode of action as part of its ongoing work in the field of cumulative risk assessment (CRA) of pesticide residues in foods...

Pesticides

3 December 2013
Register for the open PPR and BIOHAZ Plenary meetings

Registration for those interested in attending as Observers the Plenary meeting of the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR), and/or the Plenary meeting of the...

Pesticides

9 October 2013
EFSA consults on draft guidance for evaluating studies to measure pesticide degradation time in soil

EFSA has launched a public consultation on draft guidance to carry out a highly specialised aspect of environmental exposure assessment for pesticides. The proposed methodology helps...

Pesticides

25 July 2013
EFSA aquatic ecotoxicology guidance incorporates a decade of scientific developments

Safeguarding consumers, animals and the environment from risks related to pesticides is a core part of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) work. The Authority’s newly revised...

Pesticides

18 July 2013
Pesticides and aquatic organisms – EFSA publishes new guidance

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued revised guidance for assessing the risks posed by pesticides to aquatic organisms - such as fish, amphibians, invertebrates and...

Pesticides

18 July 2013
Cumulative assessment group methodology – EFSA launches public consultation

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public consultation on its recently published methodology that identifies pesticides to be included in cumulative assessment...

Pesticides

17 July 2013
EFSA presents cumulative assessment group methodology for pesticides

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has developed a new approach for grouping pesticides that paves the way for the implementation of cumulative risk assessment - a...

Pesticides

12 July 2013
Pesticides and bees: EFSA finalises new guidance

EFSA has published guidance for assessing the potential risks to honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees from the use of pesticides. The previous EU risk assessment scheme for...

Pesticides

4 July 2013
Bumble bee study does not affect neonicotinoid conclusions, EFSA says

EFSA has identified several weaknesses in a study, published by the UK Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), which suggested that neonicotinoid pesticides do not have a major...

Pesticides

4 June 2013

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