Division/Committee: [AGRO] Division of Agrochemicals

Insecticides used to protect crops from damage by sap feeding insects (e.g., sulfoxaflor) are essential for efficient food production, but effects on nontarget species must be minimized. The assessment of potential effects of pesticides on nontarget species, risk assessment (RA), is a complex scientific endeavor that requires the conduct and critical evaluation of standard regulatory tests. RA must also consider the results of innovative non-standard tests, including those in the open published literature. The significance of both standard and nonstandard test results can be judged using systematic validity rating criteria. In this symposium, the standardized analysis of the quality and relevance of available studies on 2 groups of species: Hymenopteran pollinators and aquatic invertebrates will be presented and discussed, using the example of sap-feeding insect control products.

John Purdy

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