Letter to the editor regarding Lourencetti et al. Surrogate species in pesticide risk assessments: Toxicological data of three stingless bees species. (15th February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thompson, Helen; Santos, Gustavo; Cione, Ana
• Is Part Of: Environmental pollution. Volume 319(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-02-15
• Subjects: Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Effets physiologiques -- Périodiques; Pollution; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 363.73
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-7491

Abstract

Highlights: Significant errors in Lourencetti et al. (2023) on thiamethoxam toxicity to bees. The acute oral toxicity of thiamethoxam to Apis mellifera is 5 ng/bee not 214 ng/bee. Using this data, honeybees show similar sensitivity to M. scutellaris . Honeybees are 6 to 8-fold more sensitive than T. angustula and S. postica . A risk assessment based on honeybees would be protective of these stingless bee species.