[Pollinator] RV: Pesticide Program Updates - Now Available Online: The EPAs Draft Pollinator Risk Assessment Framework

Thu Aug 16 09:54:09 PDT 2012

De: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [mailto:usaepa at service.govdelivery.com] 
Enviado el: Jueves, 16 de Agosto de 2012 11:47 a.m.
Para: jcsalinasn at sehusa.com.mx
Asunto: Pesticide Program Updates - Now Available Online: The EPAs Draft Pollinator Risk Assessment Framework

  EPA Pesticide Program Updates 

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    From EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs 

     <http://www.epa.gov/pesticides> www.epa.gov/pesticides

August 16, 2012

In This Update:

Now Available Online: The EPA’s Draft Pollinator Risk Assessment Framework

In preparation for a  <http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/meetings/2012/091112meeting.html> FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel meeting scheduled for September 11 – 14, 2012, the EPA has released a white paper presenting its proposed process for assessing the potential risks of pesticides to honeybees. The white paper reflects collective efforts of the EPA with the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. The white paper includes a description of the problem formulation step, where protection goals and assessment endpoints are defined, as well as conceptual models depicting potential routes of exposure that might affect individual bees (larvae and adult) as well as whole colonies. The white paper also discusses the data and methods used for quantifying exposures and effects and characterizing potential risks to honeybees. Consistent with the EPA’s current pesticide risk assessment processes, the framework proposes a multi-tiered approach that initially relies on laboratory-based studies on individual bees, and then transitions to more realistic field-based studies involving whole colonies. The proposed process should enhance the ability of EPA, PMRA and CalDPR to reliably assess chemicals for direct and indirect effects to honeybees. The EPA will also request advice from the SAP on the usefulness of this framework for characterizing potential effects of pesticides on other species of bees. 

Please see the web page for the  <http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/meetings/2012/091112meeting.html> September FIFRA SAP meeting for links to the EPA’s white paper and other information related to the meeting.

EPA distributes its Pesticide Program Updates to external stakeholders and citizens who have expressed an interest in OPP activities and decisions. We have established an electronic listserve for people who want to keep abreast of pesticide issues and decisions. This update service is part of EPA’s continuing effort to improve public access to Federal pesticide information.  

For general questions on pesticides and pesticide poisoning prevention, contact the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), toll-free, at: 1-800-858-7378, by E-mail at npic at ace.orst.edu, or, by visiting their website at:  <http://npic.orst.edu> http://npic.orst.edu

To report an environmental violation, visit EPA’s website at  <http://www.epa.gov/compliance/complaints/index.html> http://www.epa.gov/compliance/complaints/index.html

For information about ongoing activities in the Office of Pesticide Programs, visit our homepage at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides

Or call or write us directly at Communication Services Branch, Office of Pesticide Programs (7506 P), US Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-2403, telephone 703-305-5017.

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