Emerging contaminant uncertainties and policy: The chicken or the egg conundrum

Chemosphere

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 385-390

  Naidu, Ravi ^a,b,c   Jit, Joytishna ^b   Kennedy, Bruce ^c   Arias, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contaminants of emerging concern; Management; Policy; Regulation; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC POLICY; SURFACE WATERS;

BEST PRACTICES; CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; KEY ELEMENTS; REGULATION; UNCERTAINTIES; WATER CONTAMINANTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ASSESSMENT METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION POLICY; PRIORITIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LAW; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MINNESOTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84962883675     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.110     Document Type: Article

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