As, for the fictional case study, it is assumed that no pesticide registration process or pesticide registry exists in Country X, the country decided to use the OECD toolkit to identify sources of infomration from outside of the country. The toolkit listed a number of sources of existing information on chemical substances and the OECD pesticide web pages gave links to various national and international pesticide registration bodies. Using these sources the following information was found on Pesticide Y and/or formulations containing Pesticide Y as the active ingredient.
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A peer reviewed risk assessment of Pesticide Y that included the relevant environmental fate and effects data. The outcome of the peer review was available as a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Scientific Report published in the EFSA Journal. This Scientific Report summarises the key data and conclusions of the risk assessment. The underlying full risk assessment was also available.
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A pesticide fact sheet produced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency along with a docket folder containing supporting information.
The country decided to use these reports as sources of existing information for the environmental hazard assessment.
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