1. Scientific Opinion addressing the state of the science on risk assessment of plant protection products for in‐soil organisms
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EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR), Colin Ockleford, Paulien Adriaanse, Philippe Berny, Theodorus Brock, Sabine Duquesne, Sandro Grilli, Antonio F Hernandez‐Jerez, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Michael Klein, Thomas Kuhl, Ryszard Laskowski, Kyriaki Machera, Olavi Pelkonen, Silvia Pieper, Michael Stemmer, Ingvar Sundh, Ivana Teodorovic, Aaldrik Tiktak, Chris J. Topping, Gerrit Wolterink, Peter Craig, Frank deJong, Barbara Manachini, Paulo Sousa, Klaus Swarowsky, Domenica Auteri, Maria Arena, Smith Rob, Ockleford, C., Adriaanse, P., Berny, P., Brock, T., Duquesne, S., Grilli, S., Hernandez Jerez, A., Bennekou, S., Klein, M., Kuhl, T., Laskowski, R., Machera, K., Pelkonen, O., Pieper, S., Stemmer, M., Sundh, I., Teodorovic, I., Tiktak, A., Topping, C., Wolterink, G., Craig, P., de Jong, F., Manachini, B., Sousa, P., Swarowsky, K., Auteri, D., Arena, M., Rob, S., Hernandez-jerez, A. F., Hougaard Bennekou, S., Kyriaki, Machera, Olavi, Pelkonen, Silvia, Pieper, Michael, Stemmer, Ingvar, Sundh, Ivana, Teodorovic, Aaldrik, Tiktak, Topping, Chris J., De Jong, F., Smith, R, and Publica
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microorganism ,Test strategy ,Settore BIO/05 - Zoologia ,Biodiversity ,Plant Science ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem services ,protection goals ,TX341-641 ,State of the science ,microorganisms ,in-soil invertebrates, microorganisms, effects, pesticides, protection goals, risk assessment ,effect ,Environmental resource management ,risk assessment ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,in-soil invertebrate ,protection goal ,Settore AGR/14 - Pedologia ,Risk assessment ,Environmental Risk Assessment ,Settore BIO/07 - Ecologia ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Microorganisms ,TP1-1185 ,Biology ,Microbiology ,Environmental risk ,in‐soil invertebrates ,Life Science ,effects ,pesticide ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,WIMEK ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,business.industry ,Chemical technology ,Scale (chemistry) ,pesticides ,Scientific Opinion ,Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata ,in-soil invertebrates ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Biological dispersal ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Parasitology ,business ,Food Science - Abstract
Following a request from EFSA, the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues developed an opinion on the science behind the risk assessment of plant protection products for in‐soil organisms. The current risk assessment scheme is reviewed, taking into account new regulatory frameworks and scientific developments. Proposals are made for specific protection goals for in‐soil organisms being key drivers for relevant ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes such as nutrient cycling, soil structure, pest control and biodiversity. Considering the time‐scales and biological processes related to the dispersal of the majority of in‐soil organisms compared to terrestrial non‐target arthropods living above soil, the Panel proposes that in‐soil environmental risk assessments are made at in‐ and off‐field scale considering field boundary levels. A new testing strategy which takes into account the relevant exposure routes for in‐soil organisms and the potential direct and indirect effects is proposed. In order to address species recovery and long‐term impacts of PPPs, the use of population models is also proposed., This publication is linked to the following EFSA Supporting Publications article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1164/full
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- 2017
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