[HTML][HTML] Adopting a toxic unit model paradigm in design, analysis and interpretation of oil toxicity testing

TF Parkerton, D French-McCay, B de Jourdan, K Lee… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The lack of a conceptual understanding and unifying quantitative framework to guide
conduct and interpretation of laboratory oil toxicity tests, has led investigators to divergent …

Chemical pollution imposes limitations to the ecological status of European surface waters

L Posthuma, MC Zijp, D De Zwart, D Van de Meent… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Aquatic ecosystems are affected by man-made pressures, often causing combined impacts.
The analysis of the impacts of chemical pollution is however commonly separate from that of …

[HTML][HTML] Prioritisation of data-poor pharmaceuticals for empirical testing and environmental risk assessment

C Cannata, T Backhaus, I Bramke, M Caraman… - Environment …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
There are more than 3,500 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) on the global market for
human and veterinary use. Residues of these APIs eventually reach the aquatic …

Characterizing freshwater ecotoxicity of more than 9000 chemicals by combining different levels of available measured test data with in silico predictions

M Douziech, SA Oginah, L Golsteijn… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecotoxicological impacts of chemicals released into the environment are characterized by
combining fate, exposure, and effects. For characterizing effects, species sensitivity …

Can we reasonably predict chronic species sensitivity distributions from acute species sensitivity distributions?

K Hiki, Y Iwasaki - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Estimation of species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) is an essential way to estimate the
hazardous concentration for 5% of the species (HC5) and thus to derive a “safe” …

In silico methods for environmental risk assessment: Principles, tiered approaches, applications, and future perspectives

MC Astuto, MR Di Nicola, JV Tarazona… - In Silico methods for …, 2022‏ - Springer
This chapter aims to introduce the reader to the basic principles of environmental risk
assessment of chemicals and highlights the usefulness of tiered approaches within weight of …

Can chemical toxicity in saltwater be predicted from toxicity in freshwater? A comprehensive evaluation using species sensitivity distributions

M Yanagihara, K Hiki, Y Iwasaki - Environmental Toxicology and …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) play an important role in ecological risk assessment.
Estimating SSDs requires toxicity data for many species, but reports on saltwater species are …

Environmental persistence, bioaccumulation, and hazards of chemicals in e-cigarette e-liquids: short-listing chemicals for risk assessments

PD Venugopal, SA Ntim, R Goel, SM Reilly… - Tobacco …, 2024‏ - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background/Methods Increased use and sales of e-cigarettes raises concerns about the
potential environmental impacts throughout their life-cycle. However, few available research …

Quantifying the precision of ecological risk: Misunderstandings and errors in the methods for assessment factors versus species sensitivity distributions

SE Belanger, GJ Carr - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The science of species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) is a blend of statistical theory,
ecotoxicological testing, study reliability, and biodiversity. The utility of SSDs has been well …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting assessment factors for species sensitivity distributions as a function of sample size and variation in species sensitivity

M Kamo, TI Hayashi, Y Iwasaki - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022‏ - Elsevier
To use species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) for ecological risk assessment, there are
various uncertainties, which require applying assessment factors (AFs) accordingly. This …