SYNOPS risk assessment Implementation of

DOI: 10.5073/20180907-105332

Analysis of pesticide risk mitigation measures with the risk assessment tool SYNOPS-WEB 3.1 Anto Raja Dominic, Burkhard Golla, Daniel Daehmlow, Peter Horney & Jörn Strassemeyer

61. Deutsche Pflanzenschutztagung

Julius Kühn-Institut, Institut für Strategien und Folgenabschätzung, Kleinmachnow

SYNOPS risk assessment

11. -14. September 2018 - Hohenheim

Risk assessment in 3 easy steps

laboratory

modelling

TOXICITY assessment

EXPOSURE assessment

Evidence for toxic effects (registration)

Physicochemical properties

Toxicity thresholds (e.g. LC50, NOEC)

Exposure routes

Predicted Environmental Concentrations (PEC)

Mode of action

 Risk categorisation Exposure Risk index Toxicity Ratios (ETR)

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Step 1: Select site scenario

SYNOPS-WEB: flow diagram 

Years

SYNOPS core

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Field margins Drift: Ganzelmeier fn. Volatilisation: EVA 3.0

Step 2: Input application scenario

 Surface water

Drainage MACRO meta model Filter strips VFSMOD-W v5

SYNOPSWEB Database

Runoff Erosion

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Runoff & Erosion PRZM 5.02 (US EPA) Soil Concentration 0-2cm

Soil

Implementation of mitigation measures 

Step 3: Assess risk Mitigation measure selection 

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Application of mitigation measures – 3 realistic test scenarios  

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References STRASSEMEYER, J., DAEHMLOW, D., DOMINIC, A.R., LORENZ, S., GOLLA, B., 2017. SYNOPS-WEB, an online tool for environmental risk assessment to evaluate pesticide strategies on field level. Crop Protection, Volume 97, Pages 28-44 REICHENBERGER, S., BACH, M., SKITSCHAK, A. & FREDE, HJ. 2007, Mitigation strategies to reduce pesticide inputs into ground- and surface water and their effectiveness; A review, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 384(1-3), 1-35

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