Well-maintained vegetative filter strips (VFS) are effective in reducing soil erosion from agricultural fields, and may also reduce the transport of pesticides, especially those that tend to sorb to soil. While VFS is required on many pesticide labels, risk assessments currently do not quantify the reduction of pesticide transport to water bodies. Under FIFRA, OPP must consider both effectiveness and cost of mitigation actions. This presentation identifies key questions that must be addressed in order to quantitatively characterize the effectiveness of VFS as a pesticide mitigation measure and lays out possible short- and long-term approaches for making more quantitative use of VFS in risk assessment and risk management decisions.

Regulatory perspective: Opportunities and challenges in considering vegetative filter strips in pesticide risk assessments

2019 Fall National Meeting

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