The increasing pressure of oilseed rape pests emphasized the need to improve the insecticide portfolio, i.e. register new active ingredients with new insecticide mode of action. The tested seed treatment formulation applied at 32; 40 and 50 UAT rate of containing cyantraniliprole as active substance. 40 UAT rate gives acceptable control of the Cabbage root fly in each trial. Despite the long lasting flight and egg laying period of cabbage root fly, the standard control products and also this product give 50-65% efficacy. It is enough to reduce damage of the Cabbage root fly and prevent economical damage in oilseed rape.
The urinary δ‐aminolevulinic acid test (ALA‐U), used for detecting lead exposure, has been accepted as a simple screening method for the adult biological exposure index in Hungary, in units of absolute concentration and in relation to excreted creatinine. The high traffic density (up to 36000 cars per day) and the lack of effective preventive measures results in high ambient air concentrations (up to 9.4 μg m‐3) and blood lead (up to 57.5 μg per 100 ml) in the sampling area. Both types of lead sampling and analysis are costly and time consuming. The authors applied ALA‐U to evaluate haem synthesis impairment in children, the measurements were done in 21 groups on 1093 children. Three areas were selected as ‘control’ with ‘normal’ ALA‐U levels. In children from the same areas those of 3–5 years of age have higher values of ALA than those of the age group 6–10. Children from higher traffic density areas (above 5000 cars per day) had higher values than those from low traffic density areas (below 600 cars per day). The authors propose to apply ALA‐U excretion as a biological marker in children for the impairment of haem synthesis.
In the framework of the Central European Study on Air pollution and Respiratory Health (CESAR), a risk perception and risk communication study was carried out in a total of 25 areas in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Slovak Republic. This paper is focused on the differences of perception between the Czech (CR) and the Slovak Republic (SR), and the other involved countries. The analysis is based on the data of a structured risk perception questionnaire survey of a random population sample. 6,043 completed questionnaires were collected from the total number of 14,400 distributed ones in 25 areas of the 6 countries. The risk perception was different in the CR and the SR, mainly concerning local environment and health of children in the CR and drug abuse including alcohol consumption and AIDS in the SR. In both countries environmental and health problems were seen as important, but the perceived responsibility for finding a solution was placed with different kinds of institutions.
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