Prioritization of chemicals in the aquatic environment based on risk assessment: Analytical, modeling and regulatory perspective

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 440, Issue , 2012, Pages 236-252

  Guillen D ^a   Ginebreda, A ^a   Farre M ^a   Darbra, R M ^b   Petrovic, M ^c,d   Gros, M ^d   Barcelo D ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Chemicals prioritization; Environmental modeling; Hazard effects; Regulatory aspects; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ASSESSMENT PROCESS; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; OCCURRENCE MODEL; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTION STRATEGY; REGULATORY ASPECTS; RISK MANAGER; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

NANOMATERIAL;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGULATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LEACHING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; VOLATILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84868694240     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.064     Document Type: Article

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