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Overview of approaches currently being used by USEPA to assess source, exposure and fate of contaminants of emerging concern in the environment
Citation:
LAZORCHAK, J. M., D. L. LATTIER, D. C. BENCIC, A. D. BIALES, M. KOSTICH, A. BATT, E. L. QUINLAN, AND H. Poynton. Overview of approaches currently being used by USEPA to assess source, exposure and fate of contaminants of emerging concern in the environment. Presented at SETAC, Tampa, FL, November 16 - 20, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
Oral presentation at SETAC annual meeting, Tampa, Florida, November 16-20, 2008.
Description:
Contaminants of emerging concern are physical, chemical or biological pollutants for which previous exposures to aquatic life were not widely documented, for which the effects of exposures were not completely recognized, that are new materials whose environmental behavior and toxicity are not fully understood or are currently not included in routine monitoring programs and which may be candidates for future regulation, depending on research on their (eco)toxicity, potential health effects, public perception, and on monitoring data regarding their occurrence in the various environmental compartments.