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It is the task of public health control agencies to weigh the risks of a given chemical against its benefits and the need for it. The German pesticides law regulations call for decisions based on safety standards which imply acceptable degrees of risk, without providing any precise definition of permissible degrees of risk. The margin of judgement provided by such legislation confers upon public health agencies the difficult task of making discretionary decisions against a background of conflicting interests.
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Lingk, W., Younes, M., Pfeil, R., Solecki, R. (1992). Scientific Basis for Risk Assessment (Reproductive Toxicity) for Pesticides as Practiced by the Bundesgesundheitsamt (BGA). In: Neubert, D., Kavlock, R.J., Merker, HJ., Klein, J. (eds) Risk Assessment of Prenatally-Induced Adverse Health Effects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77753-0_9
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