Published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
The San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) for Trace Substances is an innovative partnership among a regulatory agency, more than 70 regulated entities, and an independent scientific organization. The institutional arrangement behind the RMP has made the regulatory system increasingly responsive to emerging management needs, partic...
We consider estimating the total load from frequent flow data but less frequent concentration data. There are numerous load estimation methods available, some of which are captured in various online tools. However, most estimators are subject to large biases statistically, and their associated uncertainties are often not reported. This makes interp...
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a water-soluble plastic commercially used in laundry and dish detergent pods (LDPs) for which a complete understanding of its fate in the environment and subsequent consequences is lacking. The objective of this study was to estimate the US nationwide emissions of PVA resulting from domestic use of LDPs, corroborated by a...
Isothiazolinones are ubiquitous in our daily life; they are used as preservatives in cosmetics, household products and in building materials. These biocidal substances may be emitted inside house, inducing a potential risk for health, and released into the environment through wastewater or runoff, thus inducing a potential impact on aquatic ecosyst...
