A new info sheet from the Ecotox Centre provides an overview of the currently applicable limit values for pesticides in water bodies and in drinking water in Switzerland and in the EU. Other topics covered include monitoring and the feedback loop between monitoring and authorisation.

Our new review article synthesises the scientific evidence for mixture toxicity in soils and identifies major data gaps and conceptual shortcomings in the current risk assessment practice in soil. It proposes an approach for the risk assessment of mixtures in soil that considers each individual trophic level separately.