chemical risk assessment Articles
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Are we going about chemical risk assessment for the aquatic environment the wrong way?
The goal of protecting the aquatic environment through testing thousands of chemicals against hundreds of aquatic species with thousands of endpoints while also considering mixtures is impossible given the present resources. Much of the impetus for studies on micropollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, came from the topic of endocrine disruption in wild fish. But despite concern over reductions ...
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Recommendations to improve wildlife exposure estimation for development of soil screening and cleanup values
An integral component in the development of media‐specific values for the ecological risk assessment of chemicals is the derivation of safe levels of exposure for wildlife. Though the derivation and subsequent application of these values can be used for screening purposes, there is a need to identify the threshold for effects when making remedial decisions during site‐specific assessments. ...
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