Csaba Szentes

TL;DR: The general principles of pesticide risk assessment in bees are described, including recent developments at EFSA dealing with risk assessment of single and multiple pesticide residues and biological hazards, and collaborative action at the EU level is called for.

TL;DR: The peer review provided conclusions on whether exposure of humans to thiacloprid can be considered negligible, taking into account the European Commission's draft guidance on this topic.

TL;DR: The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of copper compounds as a fungicide on grapes, tomatoes and cucurbits, and missing information identified as being required by the regulatory framework was listed.

TL;DR: EFSA is evaluating new studies carried out on the risk to bees posed by the exposure to neonicotinoids and is evaluating these data in order to further support the decision-making process with updated scientific assessments.

TL;DR: The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State, the Netherlands, and co‐rapporteur member state, Belgium for the pesticide active substance chlorothalonil are reported.