The e-ROSA project seeks to build a shared vision of a future sustainable e-infrastructure for research and education in agriculture in order to promote Open Science in this field and as such contribute to addressing related societal challenges. In order to achieve this goal, e-ROSA’s first objective is to bring together the relevant scientific communities and stakeholders and engage them in the process of coelaboration of an ambitious, practical roadmap that provides the basis for the design and implementation of such an e-infrastructure in the years to come.
This website highlights the results of a bibliometric analysis conducted at a global scale in order to identify key scientists and associated research performing organisations (e.g. public research institutes, universities, Research & Development departments of private companies) that work in the field of agricultural data sources and services. If you have any comment or feedback on the bibliometric study, please use the online form.
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- Evolution of the number of publications between 2005 and 2015
- Map of most publishing countries between 2005 and 2015
- Network of country collaborations
- Network of institutional collaborations (+10 publications)
- Network of keywords relating to data - Link
Regulatory progress, toxicology, and public concerns with 2,4-D: Where do we stand after two decades?
2,4-D is member of the phenoxy family of herbicides and has major uses in agriculture, forestry, turf, non-crop and aquatic weeds. Since its introduction in 1946, the toxicology of 2,4-D has been studied extensively and repeatedly. Beginning in 1980, regulatory agencies in North America and Europe initiated re-registration/re-evaluation activities for 2,4-D, which resulted in the formation of the Industry Task Force 11 on 2,4-D Research Data, and has resulted in the submission of 60 toxicology studies conducted to GLP standards using 2,4-D acid and its dimethylamine salt and 2-ethylhexyl ester forms. The various forms of 2,4-D were toxicologically equivalent. 2,4-D in all three forms has low-to-moderate acute oral toxicity (rat LD50 699-896mg/kg) and is not well absorbed through skin. In rat and mouse subchronic and chronic studies, overall dietary no-observed-adverse-effect-levels (NOAEL) were 15 and 5mg/kg/day, respectively. 2,4-D was not carcinogenic in either rodent species, consistent with a lack of genotoxicity in in vitro and in vivo test systems. Mild kidney toxicity was the primary toxic effect in these studies. 2,4-D was not a developmental toxicant in rat (overall NOAEL 25mg/kg/day) and rabbit (overall NOAEL 75mg/kg/day) studies, had a low potential for multi-generation reproductive toxicity and neurotoxicity (NOAELs 5mg/kg/day, respectively). When compared to estimated human exposure levels, the overall toxicology NOAEL of 5 mg/kg/day represents a margin of exposure (MOE) of 1700 for commercial applicators and 50,000 for home and garden users. Thus, coupled with the extensive toxicology data, 2,4-D meets safety standards for all countries where it is registered. Additional 2,4-D information is available on the Industry Task Force 11 on 2,4-D Research Data website www.24d.org. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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