Birds and mammals may be exposed to pesticides through various routes including diet, drinking water, and contact with contaminated environments, overspray or inhalation of sprayed pesticides or volatile compounds.While dietary exposure and risk is well accounted for in current risk assessments this is not the case for other routes of exposure. The aim of this study was to conduct an electronic literature search (ELS) to identify information that would assist with the development of models of dermal and inhalation in birds and mammals in agricultural habitats. Search terms were based around a core requirement to obtain information that contained (bird or mammal) and (pesticide) and (dermal or inhalation) and (dermal toxicity or inhalation toxicity or dermal exposure or inhalation exposure). The majority of the information found concerned the toxicity and uptake of pesticides by dermal or inhalation routes. Little information was identified that would assist with exposure estimation other than uptake into the body. The data obtained was collated in spreadsheets and Tables.
KEY WORDSBird, Mammal, Dermal, Inhalation, Toxicity, Exposure
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SUMMARYThe aim of this study was to conduct a literature search to identify information useful for developing models of exposure of birds and mammals to pesticides in agricultural environments via dermal and inhalation routes. The search was designed to retrieve information on both toxicity and exposure to pesticides via these routes.An electronic literature search was conducted by the Fera Information Centre using search terms that had been agreed with EFSA during the course of an initial start-up project. The output of the search was downloaded to and En...
