UKCEH has developed a pesticide pollution risk model that accounts for the risks posed by the whole plant protection programme (PPP) to soil (earthworms), aquatic (water plants) and terrestrial organisms (honeybees).

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Our pesticide pollution risk model

The model considers the published toxicity of individual products and mixtures, their timing of application, together with their fate and degradation rate in the environment.