IUPAC

This workshop will be an important way to encourage exchange of the latest information regarding harmonized approaches for scientific and regulatory evaluation of pesticides including environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, and risk assessment. Of particular emphasis will be ensuring that conclusions and recommendations from recently completed and ongoing projects of the IUPAC Chemistry and the Environment Division dealing with evaluation of technical product impurities, chronic dietary exposure, acute dietary exposure, and transgenic crops are widely communicated in a region in which pesticide regulations are at an early state of development. This is an opportunity for IUPAC to partner with national and regional research scientists, regulatory authorities, and industry in a major technology exchange event that translates IUPAC recommendations from the pages of Pure and Applied Chemistry to practical reality and application.

The theme of the workshop is "Harmonization of Data Requirements and Evaluation". The IUPAC Advisory Committee on Crop Protection Chemistry seeks to advance research understanding and promote environmental stewardship and human safety with agrochemicals through its projects, publications, and technology exchange events (congresses, workshops). The workshop, planned for 2 days, will include both keynote lectures, discussions, and poster presentations. Contributions will be organized into 3 main divisions, with planned topics for each listed below:

1. Pesticide Regulation and Standard Establishment
2. Residue Analysis and Monitoring
3. Risk Assessment and Management

The workshop will be centrally located at a hotel/conference center in Seoul, Korea. A total of 25-30 speakers/discussion leaders will be involved, with 15 to be IUPAC-affiliated. Attendance is estimated at 300-400, with approximately one-third from countries outside Korea.

>> Announcement - Chem. Int. 25(2), 2003

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• First, the high quality research and monitoring activities occurring within Korea and the surrounding countries were highlighted.
• Second, the highly valuable and applicable nature of international approaches and standards was emphasized.
• Third, issues pertaining to pesticide residues and maximum residue limits (MRLs) were very much highlighted.
• Fourth, the highly valuable nature of cooperative approaches to research and regulation was evident from some key examples.
• Fifth, the meeting opened with and returned several times to the issue of transparency and risk communication regarding pesticide evaluation and risk management.