Progress in human exposure assessment for biocidal products

An important shortcoming in our present knowledge required for risk assessment of biocidal products is the assessment of human exposure. This knowledge gap has been filled in a preliminary fashion with the TNsG on human exposure to biocidal products (available from the ECB website). Explicit User guidance has been developed by an expert group for a general approach of the exposure assessment and in appreciable detail for me first two product types wood preservatives and rodenticides. This User guidance is also available from the ECB website. Further additions for other product types are foreseen for the near future