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SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting
Environmental chemistry, toxicity and Risk Assessment of Natural Compounds including Biopesticides (under main theme: RAM-Risk assessment, mitigation and monitoring)
22-26 May 2016, Nantes, France
Natural compounds may act as pollutants both if occurring naturally, as is for example the case with cyanobacterial toxins and aflatoxins leaching from fields, and if applied in large amounts as are for example bio-pesticides based on plant- and/or microbial produced compounds. Little is, however, known on the environmental chemistry, toxicity and resultant risk of natural compounds. With the increased focus on turning away from conventionally produced pesticides to biologically produced, and supposedly more environmentally friendly, plant protection products, there is an increased need for scientifically valid data on the environmental fate and toxicity of these compounds, which are often not very well chemically characterised. In this session we wish to present data on environmental fate, toxicity and risk of naturally produced bioactive compounds. The aim is to establish state of the art knowledge of the environmental risk of this group of chemicals in comparison with the more traditional chemicals for which risk assessments and legislations exists.
Chairs: Karina Knudsmark Sjøholm and Nina Cedergreen
Abstract Deadline: 25 November 2015
For more details go to http://nantes.setac.eu/