Nanopesticides: Guiding principles for regulatory evaluation of environmental risks

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4227-4240

  Kookana, Rai S ^a,b   Boxall, Alistair B A ^c   Reeves, Philip T ^d   Ashauer, Roman ^c   Beulke, Sabine ^e   Chaudhry, Qasim ^e   Cornelis, Geert ^f   Fernandes, Teresa F ^g   Gan, Jay ^h   Kah, Melanie ⁱ   Lynch, Iseult ^j   Ranville, James ^k   Sinclair, Chris ^e   Spurgeon, David ^l   Tiede, Karen ^e   Van Den Brink, Paul J ^m  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority   (Australia)

^e FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^k Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^l CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^m WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

ecotoxicity; environmental fate; environmental risk; nanopesticides

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; NANOPESTICIDES; PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NANOPARTICLE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; POLLUTANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; NANOPARTICLES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84900808935     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf500232f     Document Type: Article

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