Assessment of PBTs in the European Union: A critical assessment of the proposed evaluation scheme with reference to plant protection products

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Solomon, Keith ^a   Matthies, Michael ^b   Vighi, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EC 1107 2009; PBT; Pesticide; POP; PPP

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION POLICY; TOXICOLOGY;

EUROPE; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84887666411     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-25-10     Document Type: Review

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