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 In the Netherlands, models have been developed
to assess the environmental fate and effects of
pesticides applied in agriculture.
PesticideModels.eu is the new portal from where
you can access these models.
- Fate Models
With the pesticide fate models, the following
aspects can be evaluated: leaching of pesticides
into the groundwater, persistence of pesticides in
the soil, emission of pesticides into the air during
and after application, lateral discharge of pesticides
via drain pipes into the surface water, deposition of
pesticides on surface water via drift, and exposure
in surface water.
- Risk Assessment Models
Risk assessment tools have been developed to
estimate the potential ecotoxicological effect of
1) emissions to surface water by drift and
2) leaching to groundwater and to estimate potential effects to humans via dietary exposure.
Detailed spatial data is needed for the tool (NMI) that
has been developed in the Netherlands to monitor and
evaluate the environmental consequences of crop
protection policy measures. When less data are
available, the more simple tool (PRIMET ) can be used
to estimate the risks of agricultural use of pesticides to
the environment and humans.
- Effects Models
Effects models have been developed to evaluate the
risk of exposure to pesticides. Effects and recovery
of populations from exposure to pesticides in aquatic
ecosystems can be assessed. The effects of a
particular concentration of a pesticide on various
(community) endpoints can also be predicted.
Furthermore, the effects of exposure of non-target
plants to deposition after drift can be estimated.
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