INVESTIGADORES
CARRIQUIRIBORDE Pedro
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Latin American Risk Assessment of Pesticides (LATARAP)
Autor/es:
CARRIQUIRIBORDE, P.; MIRABELLA, P.; WAICHMAN, A.; SOLOMON, K.; VAN DEN BRINK, P.J.; MAUND, S.
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Workshop; Workshop on Latin American Risk Assessment of Pesticides (LATARAP); 2012
Institución organizadora:
SETAC
Resumen:
Latin America is anticipated to be a major growth market for agriculture and production is increasing with use of
technologies such as pesticides. Reports of contamination of aquatic ecosystems by pesticides in Latin America have raised
concerns about potential for adverse ecological effects. In the registration process of pesticides, all countries require
significant data packages on aquatic toxicology and environmental fate. However, there are usually no specific requirements
to conduct an aquatic risk assessment. To address this issue, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry organized
a workshop that brought together scientists from academia, government, and industry to review and elaborate on aquatic risk
assessment frameworks that can be implemented into regulation of pesticides in Latin America. The workshop concluded that
the international framework for risk assessments (protection goals, effects, and exposure assessments, risk characterization,
and risk mitigation) is broadly applicable in Latin America but needs further refinement for the use in the region. Some of the
challenges associated with these refinements are discussed in the article. It was recognized that there is potential for data
sharing both within and outside of the region where conditions are similar. However, there is a need for research to compare
local species and environmental conditions to those in other jurisdictions to be able to evaluate the applicability of data used in
other countries. Development should also focus on human resources as there is a need to build local capacity and capability,
and scientific collaboration and exchange between stakeholders in industry, government, and academia is also important. The
meeting also emphasized that, although establishing a regionally relevant risk assessment framework is important, this also
needs to be accompanied by enforcement of developed regulations and good management practices to help protect aquatic
habitats. Education, training, and communication efforts are needed to achieve this.