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AgVetLink December 2004
Meeting with the US EPA
Probabilistic modelling of potential dietary intakes for pesticides used in food production
Debbie Morris and John Reeve met with David Millar and David Hrdy of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), taking advantage of the EPA expertise in utilising this sophisticated technique for better modelling of dietary intakes of residues to get up to speed with the technique, its possible pitfalls, and methods of educating the public about the changes.
The New Zealand database of food intake figures (derived from the recent National Nutrition Survey that was carried out by Otago University on behalf of the Ministry of Health) was also looked at, and we were advised that it was good enough to use in probabilistic modelling.
The outcome of the meeting was a greater understanding of the technique, and greater confidence that it has a potential future for use in New Zealand.
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