Pesticide Toxicology guidance

This area of the HSE pesticides website provides guidance and information on pesticide toxicology. This is not intended to be a complete and exhaustive guide. It is a source of information relating to topics on which advice is frequently sought relating to applications for approval/authorisation of pesticides.

• Active Substances
  • Data Requirements
  • Testing on Vertebrate Animals
  • In vitro alternatives to the assessment of skin and eye irritation/corrosion - active substances
  • (Q)SAR
  • Endocrine Disruption
  • Technical Equivalence
• Plant protection products
  • Amateur Products
  • Combined Toxicity for products with multiple active substances
  • Data Requirements - plant protection
  • Testing On Vertebrate Animals - plant protection
  • In vitro alternatives to the assessment of skin and eye irritation/corrosion - plant protection
  • Dermal Absorption
  • Dyes
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • Groundwater metabolites
• Classification and labelling
  • Calculation method of GB/NI CLP for mixtures
  • Special Labelling for Sensitisers
  • Potent Sensitisers and In Use Dilutions

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