[HTML][HTML] Pesticide risk assessment in European agriculture: Distribution patterns, ban-substitution effects and regulatory implications

L Gensch, K Jantke, L Rasche, UA Schneider - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
This study estimates the risks of agricultural pesticides on non-target organisms and the
environment by combining detailed pesticide application data for 2015 with the Danish risk …

[HTML][HTML] Future pesticide risk assessment: narrowing the gap between intention and reality

RB Schäfer, M Liess, R Altenburger, J Filser… - Environmental Sciences …, 2019 - Springer
Agrochemicals, such as pesticides and fertilizers, have facilitated an unprecedented
intensification of agriculture [1, 2]. However, the desired yield gains come at the cost of …

Pesticide Load—A new Danish pesticide risk indicator with multiple applications

P Kudsk, LN Jørgensen, JE Ørum - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Pesticides provide growers with an effective tool for the control of damaging crop pests
preventing yield losses that could jeopardise food security. In recent years the potentially …

Quantity based indicators fail to identify extreme pesticide risks

N Möhring, S Gaba, R Finger - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
As a matter of policy, minimizing human health and environmental risks associated with
pesticide use is a major challenge but necessary for improving agricultural sustainability …

Towards a better pesticide policy for the European Union

V Storck, DG Karpouzas, F Martin-Laurent - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
This opinion article aims to foster the debate about pesticide legislation in the European
Union (EU). Numerous formerly authorized and widely used pesticides are now banned in …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the implications of policy reforms on pesticide risk for Switzerland

S Dueri, G Mack - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Growing public awareness of the negative effects of pesticides on the environment,
ecosystems, and human health has led governments to set targets for reducing pesticide …

[HTML][HTML] Pesticide regulatory risk assessment, monitoring, and fate studies in the northern zone: recommendations from a Nordic-Baltic workshop

M Stenrød, M Almvik, OM Eklo, AL Gimsing… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
The recent revision of the legal framework for authorization of use of plant protection
products and pesticides within the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA; …

Linking pesticide marketing authorisations with environmental impact assessments through realistic landscape risk assessment paradigms

F Streissl, M Egsmose, JV Tarazona - Ecotoxicology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Each year, the European Food Safety Authority, supported by a network of experts
in the EU Member States, assesses and publishes the environmental risks of 30–40 …

Variations in agricultural practice and environmental care

GR de Snoo - Pesticides: problems, improvements, alternatives, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The main traditional focus of environmental policy on pesticides has been a progressive
tightening of the criteria employed for compound approval. With the establishment of criteria …

Comparison and evaluation of eight pesticide environmental risk indicators developed in Europe and recommendations for future use

J Reus, P Leendertse, C Bockstaller… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2002 - Elsevier
Information is required on pesticide risk indicators used in Europe in order to optimise their
use to reduce the environmental impact of pesticides. The present study was performed to …