Tools for a coherent risk assessment for pesticides

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Abstract

Risk assessment for pesticides within the context of 91/414/EEC has its main focus on relatively small water bodies in the direct vicinity of agricultural fields. It considers mainly short-term exposure and follows a tiered approach. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) has its main focus on larger water bodies, where risks prevail due to long-term exposure to low concentrations of pesticides. Current knowledge of long-term risks is only limited. There is an urgent need for a harmonized coherent risk assessment framework. Instruments and tools are necessary to predict effects on different spatial and temporal scales
Original languageDutch
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • ecosystems
  • aquatic organisms
  • pesticides
  • effects
  • populations
  • risk assessment
  • tools
  • models
  • water framework directive
  • mesocosms

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