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Managing Risk, Reinforcing Environmental Racism: The Biopolitics of Pesticide Regulation in California Agriculture

Review of Policy Research, Volume 42, Issue 6, Page 1509-1524, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper provides a retrospective on California's oversight of 1,3‐dichloropropene (1,3‐D). It utilizes archival documents, including internal memos, emails, and risk assessments, to demonstrate how the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation consistently expanded allowable 1,3‐D use while presenting each policy change as scientifically ...
Kaitlyn Alvarez Noli
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Sorção-dessorção do fungicida clorotalonil em solos com diferentes teores de matéria orgânica

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2002
A cinética e a sorção de pesticidas em solos permitem predizer a velocidade com que esta reação atinge o equilíbrio e investigar os possíveis mecanismos envolvidos durante a reação. Portanto, esses processos são fundamentais para que se possa compreender
J. B. Regitano, F. Prata, N. M. P. Dias, A. Lavorenti, V. L. Tornisielo   +4 more
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Scientific opinion on the assessment of the exposure of the population of the republic of Croatia to delta‐9‐tetrahydrocanabinol (δ9‐thc) from industrial hemp food on the market of the republic of Croatia

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 4, October 2025.
Summary Delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. In 2015, EFSA established an acute reference dose (ARfD) of 1 μg/kg body weight (bw) for Δ9‐THC and assessed acute dietary exposure from milk and dairy products.
Danijela Stražanac, Sanja Miloš, Martina Jurković, Irena Brčić Karačonji, Stela Jokić, Dario Lasić, Lea Pollak, Nenad Šuvak, Vlatka Buzjak Služek, Dražen Knežević   +9 more
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Unexpected soundscape response to insecticide application in oak forests

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2025.
Abstract Rachel Carson's warning of a silent spring directed attention to unwanted side effects of pesticide application. Though her work led to policies restricting insecticide use, various insecticides currently in use affect nontarget organisms and may contribute to population declines.
Oliver Mitesser, Sophia Hochrein, Zuzana Burivalova, Sandra Müller, Christian Strätz, Andrew M. Liebhold, Benjamin M. L. Leroy, Torben Hilmers, Kostadin B. Georgiev, Soyeon Bae, Wolfgang Weisser, Jörg Müller   +11 more
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Impacto da Contaminação por Hexaclorociclohexano na Qualidade de Vida de uma População Rural de Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brasil

Cadernos Cajuína
Introdução: O hexaclorociclohexano é um composto orgânico altamente tóxico que se acumula nos tecidos (sangue, tecido adiposo e tecido nervoso). Existem diferentes vias de exposição da população da Cidade dos Meninos a esse poluente a partir do solo ...
Byanca Ribeiro Benevenuto, Marília Salete Tavares, Tainá dos Santos Reis, Caroline Amorim Merçon Vieira, Jacenir Reis dos Santos Mallet, Marco Orsini Orsini, Adalgiza Mafra Moreno, Luciana Armada   +7 more
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Does (dis)agreement reflect beliefs? An analysis of advocacy coalitions in Swiss pesticide policy

European Policy Analysis, Volume 10, Issue 4, Page 488-514, Fall 2024.
Abstract Agricultural pesticide use is a wicked sustainability challenge: Trade‐offs exist between health, environmental, agro‐economic, and socio‐political objectives. Various actors involved have diverse beliefs regarding these trade‐offs and policies to address the challenge.
Milena Wiget
wiley   +1 more source

Meio Século de Primavera silenciosa: um livro que mudou o mundo

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2013
O ensaio visa investigar como a obra Primavera silenciosa, de Rachel Carson, tornou-se o livro fundador do movimento ambientalista moderno. Lançada em 1962, a obra é um alerta para os perigos do uso indiscriminado de pesticidas. Embora hoje seja presença
Ramón Stock Bonzi
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Scientific opinion on the exposure of the adult population of the Republic of Croatia to dioxins and dioxin‐like polychlorinated biphenyls from different types of food.

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 2, Issue 4, October 2024.
Summary Dioxins (PCDD/F) and dioxin‐like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL‐PCB) are harmful compounds that remain in the environment and accumulate in the food chain. Polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are mainly by‐products of industrial processes, but can also be the result of natural processes such as ...
Andrea Gross–Bošković, Danijela Stražanac, Snježana Herceg Romanić, Gordana Mendaš Starčević, Nina Bilandžić, Tomislav Klapec   +5 more
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Is food safety in Switzerland impacted by the war in Ukraine?

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2024.
Executive Summary The food safety early detection system (FRESIL), introduced by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), aims to identify and assess potential foodborne risks to consumer health. These include risks associated with geopolitical events, such as the outbreak of military conflicts.
Thomas Lüthi, Louise Ray
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Scientific opinion on the exposure of the adult population of the Republic of Croatia to ochratoxin A (OTA) from different types of food

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2024.
Summary Ochratoxin A (OTA) is the most toxic representative in the group of nephrotoxic mycotoxins, ochratoxins. OTA was first isolated in 1965 as a stable secondary metabolite of A. ochraceus. Penicillia and aspergilli most often synthesize OTA on cereals (wheat, corn, barley, rye, rice), nuts, raw fruits and vegetables, plant origin foods (wine ...
Sanja Miloš, Danijela Stražanac, Jelka Pleadin, Maja Šegvić Klarić, Irena Jug, Dražen Knežević   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source