Acute tier-1 and tier-2 effect assessment approaches in the EFSA Aquatic Guidance Document: are they sufficiently protective for insecticides?

Pest Management Science

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1059-1067

  van Wijngaarden, René Pa ^a   Maltby, Lorraine ^b   Brock, Theo Cm ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Effect assessment; Evaluation; Insecticides; Micro mesocosms; Tiered approach

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD SAFETY; INSECTICIDE; INVERTEBRATE;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

INSECTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; INVERTEBRATE; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84936136305     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3937     Document Type: Review

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