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Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Soil: Does It Have to Be Different in Different Regions?

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (EMCEI 2017)

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In the European Union (EU) the environmental risk of chemicals is regulated in various ways.

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Römbke, J. (2018). Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Soil: Does It Have to Be Different in Different Regions?. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_2

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