date:Jul 15, 2013
horitys Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) has applied this methodology to define groups of pesticides which are toxic to the thyroid and central nervous systems.
Identifying pesticides to be included in these groups is a major step forward in EFSAs ongoing work to implement cumulative risk assessment as required by European law[i]. This approach will be gradually introduced in regulating the use of pesticides in the European Union. EFSA highlighted that the cumulative