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Models and Databases
Databases | Models
Databases
General Information | Environmental
Effects | Health Effects | Regulatory
Information
General Information
- Compendium of Pesticide Common
Names - For purposes of trade, registration and legislation, and
for use in popular and scientific publications, pesticides need names
that are short, distinctive, nonproprietary and widely-accepted. Systematic
chemical names are rarely short and are not convenient for general use,
and so standards bodies assign common names to pesticides. More than
1000 of these names have been assigned by the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO).
Environmental Effects
Health Effects
- Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) - IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result
from exposure to various substances found in the environment.
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National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS) is a set
of six subscription access online databases offered by the Center
for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS) at Purdue
University. NPIRS has information on pesticide product labels,
pesticide registration support, and residue tolerances, as well as
pesticide chemical fact sheets, material safety data sheets, and the
daily Federal Register. CERIS members, pesticide manufacturers and
users, food processors, libraries, law firms, and state/federal agencies
use NPIRS.
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The Pesticide Handler Exposure Database (PHED) is a database
containing voluntarily submitted empirical exposure data for workers
involved in the handling or application of pesticides in the field;
it currently contains data for over 2000 monitored exposure events.
The basic assumption underlying the system is that exposure to pesticide
handlers can be calculated generically, based on the available empirical
data for chemicals, as worker exposure is primarily a function of
the formulation type and the handling activities (e.g., packaging
type, mixing/loading/application method, and clothing scenario), rather
than chemical-specific properties. Contact Alan Dixon at dixon.alan@epa.gov
or call 703-305-7237 for assistance.
- Toxicological Profiles
- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) produces
"toxicological profiles" for hazardous substances found at National
Priorities List (NPL) sites. These hazardous substances are ranked based
on frequency of occurrence at NPL sites, toxicity, and potential for
human exposure. Toxicological profiles are developed from a priority
list of 275 substances.
- TOXNET - A group of databases
on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
Regulatory Information
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The Food Commodity Intake Database (FCID) was developed
as a cooperative effort by the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and OPP for use by EPA and other organizations when conducting
the exposure components of dietary risk assessments. The FCID includes
data from two surveys conducted by USDA: Continuing Survey of Food
Intakes by Individuals, and a Supplemental Children's Survey. These
surveys provide useful information on 5,831 different foods and beverages
people of different ages reported eating in 1994-96 and 1998. (FCID)
is available on CD-ROM from the National
Technical Information Service (NTIS).
The product order number is PB2000-500101.
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The Label Review
Manual was developed as a training tool and guidance for reviews
of pesticide product labels. The goals are to improve the quality
of labels and increase the consistency of reviews. The manual describes
what a pesticide is and what constitutes a label and labeling and
also provides step-by-step instructions for reviewing a pesticide
label and how unique issues have been handled in the past.
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National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS) is a set
of six subscription access online databases offered by the Center
for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS) at Purdue
University. NPIRS has information on pesticide product labels,
pesticide registration support, and residue tolerances, as well as
pesticide chemical fact sheets, material safety data sheets, and the
daily Federal Register. CERIS members, pesticide manufacturers and
users, food processors, libraries, law firms, and state/federal agencies
use NPIRS.
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Pesticide
Data Program - In 1991, the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) was charged with implementing a program to collect data on
pesticide residues in food. The data are used by EPA to support its
dietary risk assessment process and pesticide registration process.
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The Pesticide
Data Submitters List is a compilation of names and addresses of
registrants who wish to be notified and offered compensation for use
of their data. It was developed to assist pesticide applicants in
fulfilling their obligation as required by sections 3(c)(1)(f) and
3(c)(2)(D) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) and 40 CFR Part 152, subpart E regarding ownership of
data used to support registration.
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The Pesticide
Product Information System (PPIS) contains information concerning
all pesticide products registered in the United States. It includes
registrant name and address, chemical ingredients, toxicity category,
product names, distributor brand names, site/pest uses, pesticidal
type, formulation code, and registration status. The PPIS files are
in ascii format. Interested parties may access them using a variety
of database and spreadsheet software.
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The Pesticide
Product Label System (PPLS) is a collection of images of pesticide
labels that have been approved by the Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP). The label images are indexed by EPA registration number and
the date on which the label was initially registered or amended.
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Pesticide Products
Databases - OPP and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation
have developed an interactive database that offers brief registration
information on approximately 89,000 products. The data include: product
number and name, company number and name, registration date, cancellation
date and reason (if canceled), and product manager name and phone
number. Also offered are databases containing chemical ingredient
information, searchable by common, technical, synonym, CAS number,
or trade names, and firm information, searchable by firm number or
name.
When EPA assesses the risk of a pesticide to human health or the environment,
it considers the toxicity of the pesticide as well as the amount of pesticide
to which a person or the environments may be exposed. In assessing exposure,
scientists frequently use mathematical models to predict pesticide concentrations
in food, water, residential, and occupational environments.
- The following water
models are used to assess exposure:
- surface water:
- PRZM3 (Pesticide Root Zone Mode)
- EXAMS (Exposure Analysis Modeling System)
- FIRST (FQPA Index Reservoir Screening Tool)
- GENEEC (GENeric Estimated Exposure Concentration)
- ground water:
- SCI-GROW (Screening Concentration In GROund Water)
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