简介:Recently,IattendedaconferenceorganisedbytheEuropeanFoodSafetyAuthorityinthebeautifulandprosperousItaliancityofParma.Theoveralltopicoftheconferencewasriskassessment,andtheprogramincludedasectiononaspectsofenvironmentalriskassessment.Invariousareas,includingtheevalutionoftheeffectsofpesticideapplications,invasiveorganismsorgeneticallymodifiedplants(Arpaiaetal.,2014)preparinganenvironmentalriskassessmentisanobviouslyrelevantexercise.