Chemical mixtures affect freshwater species assemblages: from problems to solutions
| Autor: | Scott D. Dyer, Leo Posthuma, Dick de Zwart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis Aquatic ecosystem 0208 environmental biotechnology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Chemical mixtures Environmental protection Monitoring data Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Water quality Environmental Sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 11, 78-89 Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 11, pp. 78-89 |
| ISSN: | 2468-5844 |
| Popis: | Aquatic ecosystems are exposed to mixtures of chemicals. Can their impacts on aquatic life be diagnosed, for the more than 100,000 chemicals in commerce and accounting for the natural diversity of aquatic ecosystems and other stressors? Currently, protective chemical policies focus on a few prioritized compounds, which are thereafter promulgated into protective thresholds (e.g., water quality criteria, and ecologically protective criteria). Providing simple schemes for environmental protection and assessment, the current schemes are insufficient for comprehensive understanding of mixture impacts to aquatic ecosystems in a realistic, multiple-stress context. Recently developed eco-epidemiological methods to diagnose mixture impacts in monitoring data sets have shown the presence of a diversity of mixture effects on aquatic life. Upon diagnosis, the application of solution-focused strategies provides opportunities for improved water quality protection, assessment, and management. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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