Guidance on the assessment of exposure of operators, workers, residents and bystanders in risk assessment of plant protection products

This guidance is designed to assist risk assessors and applicants when quantifying potential non-dietary, systemic exposures as part of regulatory risk assessment for plant protection products (PPPs). It is based on the Scientific Opinion on 'Preparation of a Guidance Document on Pesticide Exposure Assessment for Workers, Operators, Residents and Bystanders' developed by the EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residue (PPR) in 2010. Highlighting some inconsistencies between the approaches adopted by regulatory authorities, the PPR Panel proposed a number of changes to the practices in use (i.e. use of deterministic methods for individual PPPs; need to perform an acute risk assessment for PPPs…