آخرین ملاحظات در تهیه لیست آفتکش‌های ملزم به مراقبت (Pesticide watchlist) و آفتکش‌های ممنوعه

When chemical control of pests cannot be avoided, the choice for a pesticide should strive for maximum effectiveness against the pests, and minimum toxicity for people, and environment. In line with this, elimination of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) and supervised application as recommended. Therefore, has developed a list of banned pesticides and pesticides Watchlist with the aim of helping pesticide users. In the list of banned pesticides, the following indicators are used: To be included in the list of international conventions (Stockholm and Rotterdom convention and Montreal protocol), acute toxicity (1a, 1b) based on WHO classification, Chronic toxicity including carcinogenic, mutagenic, reproductive toxicant and endocrine disrupting. The pesticides Watchlist is composed of active ingredients that are not banned but that have a potentially severe and/or cumulative risk for human health and/or the environment. The application of active ingredients mentioned in the list is only allowed on the certified crop when: All steps of IPM have been followed, and less hazardous alternative pesticides are not available, and specific recommendations are followed to mitigate or reduce the risks related to the hazardous nature of the product. This list includes: Neonicotinoids which are potentially causing bee colony collapse disorders and/or which are acutely and highly toxic to honey bees, Active ingredients classified as H330 ‘fatal if inhaled’ by the GHS - only those relevant for agricultural (on farm) applications (not warehouse applications), additional active ingredients that meet the indicators of the list of banned pesticides but that do not have any alternative at the moment, active ingredients that meet 3 or more indicators from the PAN list and are not yet banned, active ingredients listed as “endocrine disruptor or potential endocrine disruptor” in EU regulation and not included in the list of banned pesticides. In the pesticide watchlist, the following indicators are used: acute toxicity (fatal if inhaled), chronic toxicity (Probably likely carcinogenic (US EPA) and endocrine disruptor (EU)), environmental toxicity (Very bioaccumulative, very persistent in water, soil, sediment, Very toxic to aquatic organisms, highly toxic to bees). There are 60 pesticides in this list, many of which are registered and used in Iran.