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Spanish- 1.3.1: Presence of chemicals in humans
- 1.3.2: Presence of chemicals in the environment
- 1.3.3: Effects in humans and ecosystems
- 1.3.3.1: Reproductive health
Current page is 1.3.3.2: Biodiversity and ecosystems
- 1.3.4: Methods
- 1.3.5: Science of risk assessment
Objective: Identify the key science issues relevant to risk assessment of chemicals in the environment in a way that is relevant to the potential impact on biodiversity of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Current activities:
- Task Force on Risk assessment of mixtures of chemicals in the environment
- Monitoring of an LRI project: Population dynamics modelling for ecotoxicology
Recent publications and completed activities:
- Technical Report 106: Guidance on interpreting endocrine disrupting effects (2009)
- Workshop Report 16: Guidance on interpreting endocrine disrupting effects (2009)
- Technical Report 102: Intelligent testing strategies in ecotoxicology: mode of action approach for specifically acting chemicals (2007)
- Technical Report 98: Risk assessment of PBT chemicals (2005)
- Technical Report 94: Whole effluent assessment (2004)
- Technical Report 91: Aquatic hazard assessment II (2003)
- Technical Report 82: Risk assessment in marine environments (2001)
