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Theo C.M. Brock is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work encompasses various subfields, including pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, food science, sociology and political science, and plant science.

Their research topics cover multiple aspects of environmental studies, notably:

  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Agricultural Safety and Regulations

Theo C.M. Brock has contributed scholarly articles to several journals, including Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, and Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Key recent publications include:

  • Application of General Unified Threshold Models of Survival Models for Regulatory Aquatic Pesticide Risk Assessment Illustrated with an Example for the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos, 2020, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment, 2021, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Sediment toxicity of the fungicide fludioxonil to benthic macroinvertebrates -evaluation of the tiered effect assessment procedure, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

The coauthors that frequently collaborate with Theo C.M. Brock include:

  • Andreas Focks
  • Xiao Hui Yin
  • Jian Sun
  • Pengfei Xiao
  • Guonian Zhu

Their frequent publication venues are:

  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • EFSA Supporting Publications

Theo C.M. Brock's research contributions advance the understanding of environmental risks related to pesticides and their ecological effects, regulatory assessment methodologies, and open science in environmental risk assessment contexts.

Best Publications

  • Guidance on tiered risk assessment for plant protection products for aquatic organisms in edge-of-field surface waters

    A. Aagaard;T.C.M. Brock;E. Capri;S. Duquesne

  • Insecticide species sensitivity distributions: importance of test species selection and relevance to aquatic ecosystems

    Lorraine Maltby;Naomi Blake;Theo C. M. Brock;Paul J. Van den Brink

  • Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the environment.

    Vasileios Bampidis;Maria Bastos;Henrik Christensen;Birgit Dusemund

  • Fungicide risk assessment for aquatic ecosystems: importance of interspecific variation, toxic mode of action, and exposure regime.

    Lorraine Maltby;Theo C M Brock;Paul J Van den Brink

  • Threshold levels for effects of insecticides in freshwater ecosystems: a review

    René P A Van Wijngaarden;Theo C M Brock;Paul J Van den Brink

  • Effects of the insecticide dursban® 4E (active ingredient chlorpyrifos) in outdoor experimental ditches: II. Invertebrate community responses and recovery

    Paul J. van den Brink;René P. A. Van Wijngaarden;Wil G. H. Lucassen;Theo C. M. Brock

  • Impact of the fungicide carbendazim in freshwater microcosms. I. Water quality, breakdown of particulate organic matter and responses of macroinvertebrates.

    J. G. M. Cuppen;P. J. van den Brink;E. Camps;K. F. Uil

  • Comparison of tropical and temperate freshwater animal species' acute sensitivities to chemicals: Implications for deriving safe extrapolation factors: Tropical versus Temperate Species Sensitivity

    Kevin Wh Kwok;Kenneth My Leung;Gilbert Sg Lui;Vincent Kh Chu

  • Aquatic Risks of Pesticides, Ecological Protection Goals, and Common Aims in European Union Legislation

    Theo C. M. Brock;Gertie H. P. Arts;Lorraine Maltby;Paul J. Van den Brink

  • Comparison of Tropical and Temperate Freshwater Animal Species' Acute Sensitivities to Chemicals: Implications for Deriving Safe Extrapolation Factors

    Kevin W H Kwok;Kenneth M Y Leung;Gilbert S G Lui;S Vincent K H Chu

  • Development of a framework based on an ecosystem services approach for deriving specific protection goals for environmental risk assessment of pesticides

    Karin M. Nienstedt;Theo C. M. Brock;Joke van Wensem;Mark Montforts

  • Scientific Opinion addressing the state of the science on risk assessment of plant protection products for in-soil organisms

    Colin Ockleford;Paulien Adriaanse;Philippe Berny;Theodorus Brock

  • Scientific Opinion on the state of the art of Toxicokinetic/Toxicodynamic (TKTD) effect models for regulatory risk assessment of pesticides for aquatic organisms

    Colin Ockleford;Paulien Adriaanse;Philippe Berny;Theodorus Brock

  • Predictive Value of Species Sensitivity Distributions for Effects of Herbicides in Freshwater Ecosystems

    P.J. van den Brink;N. Blake;T.C.M. Brock;L. Maltby

  • Sensitivity of macrophyte-dominated freshwater microcosms to chronic levels of the herbicide linuron. I. Primary producers.

    P.J. van den Brink;E.M. Hartgers;U. Fettweis;S.J.H. Crum

  • Effects of preservation on dry- and ash-free dry weight biomass of some common aquatic macro-invertebrates

    Rob S. E. W. Leuven;Theo C. M. Brock;Hans A. M. van Druten

  • Effects of chronic low concentrations of the pesticides chlorpyrifos and atrazine in indoor freshwater microcosms

    Paul J. van den Brink;Ellen van Donk;Ronald Gylstra;Steven J.H. Crum

  • Comparison of laboratory single species and field population-level effects of the pyrethroid insecticide lambda-cyhalothrin on freshwater invertebrates

    A.F.W. Schroer;J.D.M. Belgers;T.C.M. Brock;A.M. Matser

  • Fate and effects of the insecticide Dursban 4E in indoor Elodea-dominated and macrophyte-free freshwater model ecosystems: I. Fate and primary effects of the active ingredient chlorpyrifos.

    T. C. M. Brock;S. J. H. Crum;R. van Wijngaarden;B. J. Budde

  • Effects of the insecticide dursban® 4E (active ingredient chlorpyrifos) in outdoor experimental ditches: I. Comparison of short‐term toxicity between the laboratory and the field

    René P. A. van Wijngaarden;Paul J. van den Brink;Steven J. H. Crum;Theo C. M. Brock

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Van den Brink
Paul J. Van den Brink Wageningen University & Research
Lorraine Maltby
Lorraine Maltby University of Sheffield
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph
Albert A. Koelmans
Albert A. Koelmans Wageningen University & Research
Leo Posthuma
Leo Posthuma Radboud University
Matthias Liess
Matthias Liess Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Paul K. Sibley
Paul K. Sibley University of Guelph
Colin D. Brown
Colin D. Brown University of York
Hauke Smidt
Hauke Smidt Wageningen University & Research
Jörg Romeis
Jörg Romeis University of Bern

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