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Current vs. future

Current vs. future. Current system Products are risk assessed, looking at all the risks . Products authorised only if these risks are considered acceptable. A sensible system that has worked well for many years! Commission Proposal:

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Current vs. future

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  1. Current vs. future • Current system Products are risk assessed, looking at all the risks. Products authorised only if these risks are considered acceptable. • A sensible system that has worked well for many years! • Commission Proposal: Substances will be banned when they have particular properties – even if the associated risk is very low!! • European Parliament Plenary Vote: More extreme position –meaning the loss of many safe products!!

  2. What impact...? • Many active substances already lost since the early ‘90’s • And the impact of losing two thirds of what is left??? 1000 800 Number 600 Existing Compounds 400 200 New Compounds 0 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Year Source: European Commission

  3. What impact...? • Insecticides –% substances that would be lost if: • Parliament proposal – would be a ban on: • All pyrethroids, • All organophosphates • All carbamates • Most neonicitinoides

  4. What impact...? • Fungicides – % substances that would be lost if: • Parliament proposal – would be a ban on: • All triazoles • All dithiocarbamates • A number of Strobulorins

  5. What impact...? • Herbicides – % substances that would be lost if: • Parliament proposal – would be a ban on: • All dinitroanalines • All pyridines • And ‘FOPs’ would be at risk

  6. Cut offs proposed – More detail! • Commission Proposal: Substances will be banned when they have particular properties • Endocrine disruptors • CMR-1/2 - Substances that may have carcinogenic (C), mutagenic (M) or reprotoxic(R) characteristics • Note: Alcohol is an endocrine disruptor, as well as being a C, an M and an R • POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) – trigger criteria set out for Persistency, Bio-accumulation and potential for long-range transport • PBT – trigger criteria for Persistency, Bio-accumulation and Toxicity • vPvB - trigger criteria for very Persistent and very Bio-accumulative • European Parliament Plenary Vote: More extreme position – meaning the loss of many safe products!! • Trigger only 1 of the 4 POPs criteria (Persistent Organic Pollutants) – see above • This criteria alone would mean the loss of over half of our substances • Developmental Neurotoxic • immunotoxicity, • bee toxicity... • The Parliament criteria would have the biggest impact on insecticides!

  7. More detailed information Results of survey – each criteria 210 substances evaluated: • 3% (poss.7%) trigger CMR 1&2 (‘R’ up to 6%) • 15% (poss.20%) trigger neurotoxicity (developmental?) • <1% trigger immunotoxicity • 55% (poss.70%) trigger 1 out of 4 POP criteria (‘T’ approx 50%); • <1% trigger all 4 criteria (Comm proposal) • <1% trigger PBT & vPvB • 3% (poss.20%) trigger endocrine disruption (human & env.) • 15% (poss.20%) trigger toxicity to bees criteria (HQ>50)

  8. Endocrine disruptors(DHI report for EU Commission, May 2007)

  9. Endocrine disruptors

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