| Directive 2001/18 EC demands the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO) to be accompanied by post-market environmental monitoring (PMEM). It is composed of a general surveillance for unanticipated adverse effects and case specific monitoring (CSM), which is set up to reduce substantial uncertainties in relevant risk scenarios identified in the environmental risk assessment. PMEM should also allow early identification of potential long-term effects of cultivating GMOs. It should facilitate decisions in risk management.
In this project, a method for a Europe-wide CSM was to be developed. Starting with critical questions from ERA, exposure scenarios (first for non target organisms, later for all other partitions of the ERA) were... |
