TY - JOUR
T1 - Harmonised pesticide risk trend indicator for food (HAPERITIF)
T2 - The methodological approach
AU - Calliera, Maura
AU - Finizio, Antonio
AU - Azimonti, Giovanna
AU - Benfenati, Emilio
AU - Trevisan, Marco
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - To provide a harmonised European approach for pesticide risk indicators, the Sixth EU Framework Programme recently financed the HAIR (HArmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk) project. This paper illustrates the methodology underlying a new indicator - HAPERITIF (HArmonised PEsticide Risk Trend Indicator for Food), developed in HAIR, for tracking acute and chronic pesticide risk trends for consumers. The acute indicator, HAPERITIF ac, is based on the ratio between an estimated short-term intake (ESTI), calculated as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the acute reference dose (ARfD); the chronic indicator HAPERITIFchr is based on the ratio between an estimated daily intake (EDI) and the admissible daily intake (ADI). HAPERITIF can be applied at different levels of aggregation. Each level gives information for proper risk management of pesticides to reduce the risk associated with food consumption. An example of application using realistic scenarios of pesticide treatments on a potato crop in central-northern Italy is reported to illustrate the different steps of HAPERITIF.
AB - To provide a harmonised European approach for pesticide risk indicators, the Sixth EU Framework Programme recently financed the HAIR (HArmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk) project. This paper illustrates the methodology underlying a new indicator - HAPERITIF (HArmonised PEsticide Risk Trend Indicator for Food), developed in HAIR, for tracking acute and chronic pesticide risk trends for consumers. The acute indicator, HAPERITIF ac, is based on the ratio between an estimated short-term intake (ESTI), calculated as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the acute reference dose (ARfD); the chronic indicator HAPERITIFchr is based on the ratio between an estimated daily intake (EDI) and the admissible daily intake (ADI). HAPERITIF can be applied at different levels of aggregation. Each level gives information for proper risk management of pesticides to reduce the risk associated with food consumption. An example of application using realistic scenarios of pesticide treatments on a potato crop in central-northern Italy is reported to illustrate the different steps of HAPERITIF.
KW - Consumers
KW - Food
KW - Pesticide risk trend indicator
KW - Risk management
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U2 - 10.1002/ps.1292
DO - 10.1002/ps.1292
M3 - Article
C2 - 17051622
AN - SCOPUS:33845341075
VL - 62
SP - 1168
EP - 1176
JO - Pest Management Science
JF - Pest Management Science
SN - 1526-498X
IS - 12
ER -