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How to Evaluate the Quality of Toxicokinetic-Toxicodynamic Models in the Context of Environmental Risk Assessment.
Published in Integrated environmental assessment and management
Environmental risk assessment (ERA) of chemicals relies on the combination of exposure and effects assessment. Exposure concentrations are commonly estimated using mechanistic fate models, but the effects side is restricted to descriptive statistical treatment of toxicity data. Mechanistic effect models are gaining interest in a regulatory context,...
Modeling pharmaceutical emissions and their toxicity-related effects in life cycle assessment (LCA): A review.
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Over the last few decades, worldwide detection of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in aquatic environments and the associated toxicological effects on wildlife and human health have become a matter of public and scientific debate. While life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) models are increasingly used to asses...
Evaluating the ecosystem services and benefits of wetland restoration by use of the rapid benefit indicators approach.
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Wetlands in urban and urbanizing areas are often smaller, more degraded, and subject to more stressors than those in undeveloped locations. Their restored level of functioning may never equal that of a site in an undisturbed landscape. Yet, the social benefits from restoring these wetlands may be significant because of the relative scarcity of wetl...
Risk-based approach in the revised European Union drinking water legislation: Opportunities for bioanalytical tools.
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A plethora of in vitro bioassays are developed in the context of chemical risk assessment and clinical diagnostics to test effects on different biological processes. Such assays can also be implemented in effect-based monitoring (EBM) of (drinking) water quality alongside chemical analyses. Effects-based monitoring can provide insight into risks fo...
A closed formula for calculating pesticide residue levels in the feed items of terrestrial species.
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Calculating pesticide residue levels in feed items for terrestrial species requires accounting for the application rate of the pesticide, the frequency and interval of application, the half-life of the pesticide on the food item, and the residue unit dose. Microsoft Excel™-based applications such as the US Environmental Protection Agency's Terrestr...
Relative Abundance Trends of Bird Populations in High Intensity Croplands in the Central United States.
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Declining bird populations across the United States have been noted in a number of studies. Although multiple explanations have been proposed as causes of these declines, agricultural intensification has often been suggested as a significant driver of bird population dynamics. Using spatially explicit USDA-NASS Cropland Data Layer, we examined this...
Application of a Fixed Monitoring Benchmark Approach to Evaluate Attainment of Time-Variable Water Quality Criteria: Cop...
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In 2007, the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) became the basis for the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) freshwater water quality criteria (WQC) for Cu. Applying the BLM typically results in time-variable WQC, which are not unique to the BLM; they result from any criteria approach that depends on water chemistry (e.g., ammonia criteria or hardnes...
Deep-sea mining: Interdisciplinary research on potential environmental, legal, economic, and societal implications.
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Deep-sea mining refers to the retrieval of marine mineral resources such as Mn nodules, FeMn crusts, and seafloor massive sulfide deposits, which contain a variety of metals that serve as crucial raw materials for a range of applications, from electronic devices to renewable energy technologies to construction materials. With the intent of decreasi...
Practical advice for selecting or determining trophic magnification factors for application under the European Union Wat...
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European Union Directive 2013/39/EU, which amended and updated the Water Framework Directive (WFD; 2000/60/EC) and its daughter directive (2008/105/EC), sets Environmental Quality Standards for biota (EQSbiota ) for a number of bioaccumulative chemicals. These chemicals pose a threat to both aquatic wildlife and human health via the consumption of ...
