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Narrow pH Range of Surface Water Bodies Receiving Pesticide Input in Europe
Fate and toxicity of the active ingredients (AI’s) of plant protection products in surface waters is often influenced by pH. Although a general range of pH values is reported in literature, an evaluation targe...
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Ecotoxicological Characterisation and Classification of Existing Chemicals
In 1998, the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) launched a global initiative to investigate more than 1,000 HPV chemicals (High Production Volume, ≥ 1,000 t/a) within the refocused OECD HPV ...
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Use of Terrestrial Model Ecosystem Data in Environmental Risk Assessment for Industrial Chemicals, Biocides and Plant Protection Products in the EU
Risk assessment approaches within the regulatory framework of the European Union (EU) based on single species tests were compared to those using data from terrestrial model ecosystems (TMEs). In a case study w...
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Variation of Effect Endpoint Parameters in a Terrestrial Model Ecosystem
Model ecosystems are widely used to assess the fate and the effects of chemicals in the environment, because they yield reproducible data on higher levels of biological organization (populations, communities, ...