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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 reviews work on bees

EFSA has completed a full review of all its risk assessment activities and scientific outputs related to bees and bee health. An inventory has been compiled which will now be...

Pesticides, DATA, GMO, Animal health and welfare, Plant health, Methodology

20 November 2012
Endocrine disruptors: EFSA to deliver scientific opinion in March 2013

Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that may interfere with the hormonal system. At the request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is preparing a...

Pesticides, Chemical contaminants, Food ingredients and packaging, Cross-cutting science

1 October 2012
Pesticides and bees: EFSA consults on draft risk assessment guidance

EFSA has launched a public consultation on its draft guidelines for assessing the risk to bees from plant protection products. The guidance suggests a multi-layered risk assessment...

Pesticides

20 September 2012
Bee health: the interaction between pesticides and other factors

Does exposure to pesticides make bees more susceptible to disease and attack by parasites? EFSA has published an overview of current knowledge on how – or if – plant protection...

Pesticides

14 September 2012
Pesticides: Actively reducing risk

Plant protection products are a reality of modern times, given the quantity of food that we need to produce. They are used primarily to protect crops from infestation by pests and...

Corporate, Pesticides

11 July 2012
EFSA reviews studies on some pesticides and bee health

Two teams of researchers recently had innovative behavioural studies[1] published in the journal Science which suggested that low levels of neonicotinoid pesticides[2] can have...

Pesticides

1 June 2012
Pesticides and bee health: EFSA reviews the science

EFSA has published a state-of-the-art scientific review of the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees. This major piece of work will support the...

Pesticides

23 May 2012
Bee health: How EFSA is helping to protect our pollinators

EFSA is liaising with the European Commission as well as the French Health and Safety Agency (Anses) following the publication of two new scientific studies in the journal Science...

Animal health and welfare, GMO, Plant health, Pesticides, Methodology

30 March 2012
EFSA opens up scientific meetings to Observers in pilot project

The European Food Safety Authority (ESFA) is today launching a pilot project allowing Observers to attend some meetings of its Scientific Committee and a number of its Scientific...

Biological hazards, Plant health, Pesticides, Cross-cutting science, Stakeholders

7 March 2012

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