Services

Field monitoring studies for pre and post-authorization of Plant Protection Products into the market in compliance with the principles of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).

Field leaching;
Groundwater monitoring;
Soil dissipation;
Dislodgeable foliar residue;
Monitoring of PPPs concentration in air;
Micrometeorological methods for air flux assessment;
Operators (OPEX), bystanders and residents’ exposure assessment;
Bees exposure studies;
Surface water monitoring and fluvial ecosystem exposure assessment from local to basin scale;
Runoff evaluation;
Risk of contamination of surface and groundwater in paddy fields;
Evaluation of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) efficiency.

Environmental fate assessment for pre-authorization of chemical substances into the market using EU recognised predictive models.

FOCUS Models up to Higher Tier Risk Assessment;
PECs for rice crop MEDRICE / RICEWQ: Scenarios for Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal;
Modelling and development of scenarios for the evaluation of ecotoxicological risk and environmental impact, substances flow analysis.

Design and implementation of risk mitigation measures for a sustainable use of plant protection products.

Development and application of protocols for sustainable use of PPPs in farms;
Development and application of innovative endotherapic methods for control of pests in urban and natural areas;
Development and evaluation of prophylactic/mitigation systems to prevent point and diffuse contaminations;
Application and evaluation of wetlands;
Development of Biobeds systems.