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Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.1186/s12302-019-0239-4 |
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Title (Primary) | Prioritisation of water pollutants: the EU Project SOLUTIONS proposes a methodological framework for the integration of mixture risk assessments into prioritisation procedures under the European Water Framework Directive |
Author | Faust, M.; Backhaus, T.; Altenburger, R.
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Source Titel | Environmental Sciences Europe |
Year | 2019 |
Department | BIOTOX; WANA |
Volume | 31 |
Page From | art. 66 |
Language | englisch |
Keywords | Water pollutants; Priority substances; Combined exposure; Mixture toxicity; Cumulative risks; European chemicals legislation; WFD revision |
Abstract | Current prioritisation procedures under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) do not account for risks from chemical mixtures. SOLUTIONS proposes a multiple-lines-of-evidence approach to tackle the problem effectively. The approach merges all available evidence from co-exposure modelling, chemical monitoring, effect-based monitoring, and ecological monitoring. Full implementation of the proposed methodology requires changes in the legal text in adaptation to scientific progress. |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=22272 |
Faust, M., Backhaus, T., Altenburger, R., Dulio, V., van Gils, J., Ginebreda, A., Kortenkamp, A., Munthe, J., Posthuma, L., Slobodnik, J., Tollefsen, K.E., van Wezel, A., Brack, W. (2019): Prioritisation of water pollutants: the EU Project SOLUTIONS proposes a methodological framework for the integration of mixture risk assessments into prioritisation procedures under the European Water Framework Directive Environ. Sci. Eur. 31 , art. 66 10.1186/s12302-019-0239-4 |