EFSA plans model to assess combined impact of stressors on bees
August 4, 2016
Editor’s Note: EFSA’s Technical Report, “A mechanistic model to assess risks to honeybee colonies from exposure to pesticides under different scenarios of combined stressors and factors” is available here.
From: Agra Europe
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has drawn up a plan for a “predictive model” to help scientists assess the combined impact of pesticides and other stressors on honeybee colony health.
Interested parties with “relevant expertise” will be invited in the coming weeks to submit tenders to develop the actual model,the EU’s food safety body announced on July 29.
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