Franco, A. and Price, O.R. and Marshall, S. and Jolliet, O. and Van den Brink, P.J. and Rico, A. and Focks, A. and De Laender, F. and Ashauer, R. (2017) Towards refined environmental scenarios for ecological risk assessment of down-the-drain chemicals in freshwater environments. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 13 (2). pp. 233-248. ISSN 15513777
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Current regulatory practice for chemical risk assessment suffers from the lack of realism in conventional frameworks. Despite significant advances in exposure and ecological effect modelling, the implementation of novel approaches as high tier options for prospective regulatory risk assessment remains limited, particularly among general chemicals such as down-the-drain ingredients. While reviewing the current state of art in environmental exposure and ecological effect modelling, we propose a scenario-based framework that enables a better integration of exposure and effect assessments in a tiered approach. Global- to catchment-scale spatially explicit exposure models can be used to identify areas of higher exposure and to generate ecologically relevant exposure information for input into effect models. Numerous examples of mechanistic ecological effect models demonstrate that it is technically feasible to extrapolate from individual-level effects to effects at higher levels of biological organisation and from laboratory to environmental conditions. However, the data required to parameterize effect models that can embrace the complexity of ecosystems are large and require a targeted approach. Experimental efforts should, therefore, focus on vulnerable species/traits and ecological conditions of relevance. We outline key research needs to address the challenges that currently hinder the practical application of advanced model-based approaches to risk assessment of down-the-drain chemicals. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QS Ecology Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Andreu Rico Artero |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2016 12:38 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2017 07:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imdea-agua.org:13000/id/eprint/627 |
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