Links

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Research institutes, projects and organisations
Pesticides in the Netherlands
Pesticides in the EU
Pesticides in the US
Other models
Discussion Fora

Research institutes, projects and organizations

RIVM: The Dutch National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
Alterra Green World Research
Alterra Research Group Pesticides in the environment.
RIZA: Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment
CLM: Center for Agriculture and Environment
Plant Research International
Soil Science Society of America
Lassa: Landelijke Studiegroep voor Statistiek in de Aardwetenschappen (Dutch)
BCPC: The British Crop Protection Council
JRC: The Joint Research Centre of the European Union (JRC)
BBA: The German Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
PFMODELS: Pesticide Fate Models Discussion board

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Pesticides in the Netherlands

The Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb). Learn more about the Dutch pesticide registration procedure.
Gewasbescherming.NL (LTO Nederland) (In Dutch). Information about pesticide usage, pesticides and policy.
Soil start page of the Netherlands. Links to hundreds of sites dealing with soil science.

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Pesticides in the EU

FOCUS home page. From this site you can obtain the currently approved versions of simulation models and input files, which are used in an initial assessment of the leaching potential of plant protection products in the EU review process according to Council Directive 91/414/EEC.
Emission of Pesticides into the Air: Discussion Forum.

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Pesticides in the US

Pesticides: Science and Policy (official EPA site on pesticides).
EPA database of pesticides registered in the USA.
EPA indicators models A simple risk screening model.

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Models

The SWAP model. Home page of the SWAP model, the hydrological component of PEARL.
The STONE model. Home page for the Jointly Developed Nutrient Emission Model. This is a model for calculating the emission of phosphorous and nitrogen to the groundwater and surface water at a national scale. The regional-scale version of PEARL uses the same geographical schematisation as STONE.
The MACRO model. Home page for the MACRO model. The MACRO model contains an algoritm for calculating preferential flow.

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Discussion Fora

Emissionair Forum about emission of pesticides to the air.

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