Risk assessment for microbial pesticides : summary report from the tasks performed by the Dutch working group on microbial pesticides

Samenvatting

In 2019 a Dutch scientific working group on microbial pesticides was established. Within this working group a number of organisations are represented (Wageningen Environmental Research (chair), Dutch Board for the admission of pesticides (Ctgb), Wageningen Plant Research, National Health Institute in The Netherlands (RIVM); Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), and University of Utrecht). The aim of this scientific working group is to work on proposals for a scientifically underpinned simplification of the risk assessment for microbial pesticides. These proposals are used by the Dutch Board for the admission of pesticides (Ctgb), as a contribution to the European working group on microbial pesticides in which a number of member states are represented. This report presents an overview of the topics discussed in the Dutch working group.