Report on the Health Effects of Selected Pesticide Coformulants

Preface

The report has been prepared by the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, as a contract work under the pesticides research programme that is administrated by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Danish EPA).

The work has been followed by a Steering Committee who has contributed to the work with professional expertise, proposals and criticism:

Jørn Kirkegaard, Danish EPA
Annika Boye Andersen, Danish EPA

Sven Edelfors, Pharmacological Institute, University of Copenhagen
Gunnar Damgaard Nielsen, Danish National Institute for Occupational Health
Ole Ladefoged, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Elsa Nielsen, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Pia Nørhede (formerly Berthelsen), Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (until 1 December 2001) and Lea Stine Tobiassen, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (from 1 January 2002).

The report was prepared by Lea Stine Tobiassen, Elsa Nielsen, Pia Nørhede, and Ole Ladefoged, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.

The report reflects the views and opinions of the authors as well as of the members of the Steering Committee although consensus has not been reach on every aspect discussed in the report. It should also be noted that the report does not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the involved institutions.