16-January-2024
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There have been reports these last years of declines in native and managed pollinators in several regions of the world. Potential factors associated with these declines are hypothesised to include habitat destruction, predators, certain agricultural practices, bee management practices, pathogens, climate change, nutrition and pesticides. There is uncertainty regarding the extent to which pesticides contribute to pollinator declines.
21-December-2023
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The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged regulators, health professionals, industry and the public in responding quickly, decisively and efficiently to the impact and consequences of this virus. This report looks at the lessons learned during the Covid-19 crisis to investigate approaches for possible future emergency situations.
22-November-2023
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This page lists, in chronological order, the Pesticides Publication Series that relate to Minor Uses.
22-November-2023
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This guidance document collates a variety of existing information regarding the registration of pesticides for minor uses in a centralised document.
27-June-2023
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Considerations for the Human Health Risk Assessment of Externally Applied ds-RNA-Based Pesticides | This report includes lessons learned from the application of this technology in the field of pharmaceuticals and considers a range of issues directly relevant to human exposure arising from the application of externally-applied dsRNA-based pesticides. It also discusses possible effects of dsRNA exposure in mammals.
4-November-2021
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The use of UASS for pesticide applications has the potential to improve the sustainability of pesticide use. In order to ensure that potential benefits are realised, suitable data and information must be available to regulators to assess the nature of risks arising from UASS applications. This report looks at a the current state of knowledge and outlines how the risk associated with UASSs applications could be viewed and addressed.
12-August-2020
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This page tells about the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction project.
25-June-2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic calls for urgent policy responses to support the supply of disinfectant products such as hand sanitisers and wipes. The OECD is collecting and providing available information in countries to manage the emergency supply to increase availability of disinfectant products from different competent authorities and industry organisations.
17-July-2019
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GHSTS is a standardised set of technical specifications for assembling electronic files for pesticide registration in a predefined manner. Once assembled according to the GHSTS, the dossier files can be transferred from a business to a regulatory authority and can be used in a regulatory process. Version 2.0 includes improved lifecycle management of documents over a series of submissions for one pesticide (or other) regulatory action.
20-February-2019
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Today, OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Countering the Illegal Trade of Pesticides to strengthen cooperation between countries and inspectors and identify illegal pesticides throughout their lifecycle with a Best Practice Guidance.