Videos, publications and presentations

THE PPDB
Videos, publications and presentations

Videos

General navigation: This video covers the main navigation links for the PPDB website. It is also applicable to the BPDB and VSDB. (04/10/2025, 8 mins)
Substance record page: This video covers the content of the substance record pages in the PPDB. It provides an overview of what is included on the page and explains the details of what is displayed. It is also applicable to the BPDB and VSDB. (04/10/2025, 12 mins)

Publications

Lewis, K.A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2025) Pesticide environmental indicators and the need to minimise uncertainty. Environmental Scientist, 35.2, 68-75. URL: https://www.the-ies.org/resources/are-we-measuring-what-matters
Lewis, K.A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2019) Wild bee toxicity data for pesticide risk assessments. Data, 4(3), 98 DOI: 10.3390/data4030098
Lewis, K. and Tzilivakis, J. (2017) Development of a data set of pesticide dissipation rates in/on various plant matrices for the Pesticide Properties DataBase (PPDB). Data, 2(3), 28. DOI: 10.3390/data2030028
Lewis, K.A., Tzilivakis, J., Warner, D. and Green, A. (2016) An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 22(4), 1050-1064. DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2015.1133242
Lewis, K.A. (2009) FOOTPRINT Pesticide Properties Database: why and how it was developed and its future role in environmental risk assessments. Invited paper presented at 238^th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC, August 16-20 2009.
Green, A., Lewis, K.A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2009) Pesticide Properties Database: An overview. Presented at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
Lewis, K.A., Green, A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2009) Pesticide Properties Database: Usage and Uptake. Presented at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
Lewis, K.A., Green, A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2009) The Pesticide Properties DataBase: Beyond FOOTPRINT. Presented at the FOOTPRINT Final Conference, Giessen, Germany, 18-19 March 2009.
Lewis, K.A., Green, A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2007) A Pesticide database holding fate and ecological values. Report DL24 of the FP6 EU-funded FOOTPRINT project, 28p.
Lewis, K.A., Green, A. and Tzilivakis, J. (2007) Development of an Improved Pesticide Properties Database for Risk Assessment Applications. EFITA/WCCA Conference Glasgow, July 2007.

Presentations and posters

PPDB presentation (pptx): A presentation about the PPDB (MS PowerPoint version) (11/08/2025)
PPDB presentation (pdf): A presentation about the PPDB (PDF version) (11/08/2025)
Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB): A general poster about the PPDB created for the EC Footprint project (08/09/2016)
Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB) - Usage: A poster about usage of the PPDB created for the EC Footprint project (08/09/2016)

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