Cover Texte 92/2013 Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1
Chemicals

Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1

Relevance and adequate consideration in environmental risk assessment of plant protection products and biocides


The Project deals with the possibilities of performing mixture toxicity assessment within the environmental risk assessment of the authorization of biocide and plant protection products. To this end a review on the state of scientific knowledge about the predictivity of combined effects is collated. Central in this context is the reference model of Concentration Addition which allows extrapolating combined effects for mixtures based on knowledge about the effects of the components. Building on this, options for risk regulation are developed. Their applicability is considered in the context of those data that are currently available within the authorization process for biocide and plant protection products. Deficits with respect to a – scientifically sensible – homogeneous data base can often be overcome with pragmatic decisions if additional requirements for the authorization process are not an option. Tiered schemes to specifically account for combined effects during environmental risk assessment of biocide and plant protection product authorization are suggested, accompanied with a software tool for its implementation.

Series
Texte | 92/2013
Number of pages
219
Year of publication
Author(s)
Dr. Rolf Altenburger, Dr. Asa Arrhenius, Prof. Dr. Thomas Backhaus, Dr. Anja Coors, Dr. Michael Faust, Dimitar Zitzkat
Language
English
Project No. (FKZ)
3709 65 404
Publisher
Umweltbundesamt
Additional information
PDF is accessible
File size
2624 KB
Price
0,00 €
Print version
not available
rated as helpful
372
Share:
Article:
Printer-friendly version
Tags:
 Biozid  Anwendung von Pflanzenschutzmitteln  Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung