environmental toxicity evaluation Articles
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Alternative Assays for Routine Toxicity Assessments : a Review
Abstract : The number of available aquatic toxicity tests is large and increases every year. For certain types of applications such as the routine screening of large numbers of environmental samples, standard conventional tests may be perceived as being unpractical. This has lead to the development of a (increasing) number of alternative small-scale toxicity tests also called microbiotests. The ...
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Effects‐directed analysis (EDA) and toxicity identification evaluation (TIE): Complementary but different approaches for diagnosing causes of environmental toxicity
Currently, 2 approaches are available for performing environmental diagnostics on samples like municipal and industrial effluents, interstitial waters, and whole sediments to identify anthropogenic contaminants causing toxicological effects. One approach is toxicity identification evaluation (TIE), which was developed primarily in North America to determine active toxicants to whole‐organism ...
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New approaches for monitoring the marine environment: the case of antifouling paints
Protection of ships hulls against biofouling has been a problem since man began sailing the seas. The most common protections are specially produced antifouling paints. These paints could be broadly classified in three main groups, or generations, depending on the technology applied: first generation copper-based, second generation organotin-based, and the new, third generation, organotin-free ...
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Evaluation of Toxkits as Methods for Monitoring Water Quality in New Zealand
Abstract :The Resource Management Act 1991, of New Zealand, requires local authorities and industry to apply for consent to discharge effluent to water or land. The requirement for whole effluent toxicity testing is now being included in these Resource Consents. The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has encouraged research which evaluates technology used to monitor environmental parameters (e.g. ...
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Comparative Risk Assessment
' Comparative risk assessment provides a systematic way to compare environmental problems that pose different types and degrees of health risk. It combines information on the inherent hazards of pollutants, exposure levels and population characteristics to predict the resulting health effects. Using data from available sources, rapid, inexpensive comparative risk assessments can identify the most ...
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