Journal
PADDY AND WATER ENVIRONMENT
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 53-59Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-005-0030-6
Keywords
Rice paddies; Risk refinement; Agrochemicals
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- [ACU02-004]
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Rice paddies constitute a very special agrobiosystem, which for some circumstances, could be considered as a human driven wetland. The complexity of such dynamic systems is a key element for conducting ecological risk assessments, in addition, the proximity of rice paddies to areas of high ecological value must be considered. This paper presents a new conceptual model for conducting ecological risk assessments of pesticides and other agrochemicals in rice, based on a combination of three main elements, the source of the stressor, the exposed environmental compartments and the relevance of the ecological receptors. A tiered testing strategy, starting with the standard requirements for pesticides and moving to specific higher tier studies with three levels of risk refinement is also presented.
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