New risk assessment approach for systemic insecticides: The case of honey bees and imidacloprid (Gaucho)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2448-2454

  Halm, Marie Pierre ^a   Rortais, A ^b   Arnold, G ^b   Tasei J N ^c   Rault, S ^a  

^a Ctr d'Etud et de Rech sur le M   (France)

^b France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

HAZARD QUOTIENT (HQ); HONEY BEES; IMIDACLOPRID; SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDES;

INSECTICIDES;

IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; INSECTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; NECTAR; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; INGESTION; MAIZE; MALE; MORTALITY; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUNFLOWER; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BEES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645776507     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051392i     Document Type: Article

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