Linking Aquatic Exposure and Effects: Risk Assessment of Pesticides

Theo C. Brock

Nov 2009 · CRC Press

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Time-variable exposure profiles of pesticides are more often the rule than exception in the surface waters of agricultural landscapes. There is, therefore, a need to adequately address the uncertainties arising from time-variable exposure profiles in the aquatic risk assessment procedure for pesticides. Linking Aquatic Exposure and Effects: Risk As

About the author

Theo C.M. Brock is a senior research scientist in aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology at Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre.

Anne Alix is the director of the unit in charge of environment and ecotoxicology evaluations at the Plant and Environment Directorate of the French Agency on the Safety of Food.

Colin D. Brown is a professor of ecochemistry at the University of York.

Ettore Capri is an associate professor of environmental chemistry at the Universitätattoloca del Sacro Cuore in Piacenza.

Bernhard F.F. Gottesburen is team leader of BASF's environmental fate modeling team.

Fred Heimbach is a consultant scientist in pesticide risk assessment at RIFCon GmbH.

Chris M. Lythgo works in the pesticide risk assessment peer review unit at the European Food Safety Authority in Parma.

Ralf Schulz is a professor of environmental sciences and the head of the Department for Environmental Sciences at the University of Koblenz-Landau.

Martin Streloke is head of the environmental unit at the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety.