Mitigation measures for exposure of aquatic organisms to pesticides within the context of Environmental Risk Assessment in Brazil Workshop

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Mitigation measures for exposure of aquatic organisms to pesticides within the context of Environmental Risk Assessment in Brazil Workshop

October 23, 2024 | Events |

Waterborne's own Amy Ritter, Waterborne Risk Assessment Team leader, recently presented on Spray Drift Modeling Tools during a workshop held in Brasília, Brazil, on September 18th and 19th. The Workshop was a joint venture between CropLife Brazil, EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) and CERSA (Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture) and was created to understand and discuss mitigation feasible strategies to reduce pesticide exposure from runoff, erosion and drift. Forty-eight participants from around the world attended the workshop, including experts and stakeholders from agriculture research organizations, academia, the pesticide industry, and regulatory authorities.

The workshop included presentations on the following topics:

  • Brazilian agricultural practices and their potential mitigation measures;
  • Basic concepts of mitigation measures into pesticide risk assessment; and
  • Quantitative tools for mitigation measures in the context of ERA of pesticides.

It was a great opportunity to learn about Brazilian agricultural practices, the Brazilian Forest Code, and drift reduction practices. There were presentations on how to model mitigations and refinements followed by discussion on how they may fit into risk assessment. It was a excellent forum for collaborating with stakeholders about ways to mitigate potential runoff, erosion, and/or drift from the use of pesticides.