Post-registration surveillance is a wide-ranging task: governments are asked to control the fate of pesticides and their health and environmental risks. This can only be done if there is enough data available on the marketing and use of pesticides as well as on pesticide residues in food and water and in human and other living beings. If data is not available, there is no basis for post-registration surveillance and this again can lead to the use of pesticides that should have been taken off the market or should have been regulated differently.
Resources
Check list for ‘post-registration surveillance’Is the following data publicly available in your country?
- data on pesticides marketed (including import and export)
- data on pesticide use (pesticide specific and crop specific)
- data on residues in food
- data on residues in surface and ground water
- data on body burdens
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Suggestion for Action
Check if there are post-registration activities carried out in your country. If they are, make sure, that the most important aspects are covered. (See check list). If they are not, ask your government to take action on this issueMessage
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