Beyond the urgency: pesticide Emergency Authorisations’ exposure, toxicity, and risk for humans, bees, and the environment
The global challenge to increase agricultural production goes along with the need of decreasing pesticide risks. The European Union (EU) therefore evaluates and controls the risks posed by pesticides by regulating their authorisation through the science-based Risk Assessment process. Member States can however act in derogation to this process and grant the Emergency Authorisation (EA)…
