Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance terbuthylazine in light of confirmatory data submitted

• Main Authors: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Alba Brancato, Daniela Brocca, Laszlo Bura, Arianna Chiusolo, Daniele Court Marques, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Marcella De Maglie, Mark Egsmose, Zoltan Erdos, Gabriella Fait, Lucien Ferreira, Marina Goumenou, Luna Greco, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Renata Leuschner, Christopher Lythgo, Jose Oriol Magrans, Paula Medina, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Alexandre Nougadere, Laura Padovani, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Ragnor Pedersen, Hermine Reich, Angela Sacchi, Miguel Santos, Rositsa Serafimova, Alois Stanek, Juergen Sturma, Jose Tarazona, Andrea Terron, Anne Theobald, Benedicte Vagenende, Alessia Verani, Laura Villamar‐Bouza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017-06-01
• Series: EFSA Journal
• Subjects: terbuthylazine; peer review; confirmatory data; risk assessment; pesticide; herbicide
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4868

Abstract The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, the United Kingdom, for the pesticide active substance terbuthylazine are reported. The context of the peer review was that requested by the European Commission following the submission and evaluation of confirmatory data on groundwater metabolites. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of terbuthylazine as a herbicide on maize and sorghum. The reliable endpoints concluded as being appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment, derived from the available studies and literature in the dossier peer reviewed, are presented. Concerns are identified.