normal species sensitivity distributions and probabilistic ecological risk assessment

... Based on Species Sensitivity Distributions Nico M van Straalen Chapter Normal Species Sensitivity Distributions and Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment Tom Aldenberg, Joanna S Jaworska, and Theo ... from Species Sensitivity Distributions with Known Standard Deviation Tom Aldenberg and Robert Luttik © 2002 by CRC Press LLC Chapter Species Sensitivity Distributions in Ecological Risk Assessment: ... environmental risk limits, using species sensitivity distributions and probabilistic food chain models He is involved in the development, testing, and validation of models for ecological risk assessment...

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... LLC Normal Species Sensitivity Distributions and Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment Tom Aldenberg, Joanna S Jaworska, and Theo P Traas CONTENTS 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Introduction The Normal Species ... 0.4 SSD Ecological Risk 0.2 -4 -3 -2 -1 Log Cadmium Standardized FIGURE 5.10 Normal ECD EXF at µECD = –1.5 and σECD = 0.5, standard normal SSD for cadmium (Table 5.1), and ecological risk/ probability ... the normal ECD PDF and ΦSSD = Φ(x) the standard normal ˜ ˜ SSD CDF The result is again found to be 9.0% © 2002 by CRC Press LLC Normal Exposure PDF, Standard Normal SSD CDF, and Ecological Risk...

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... Detergents–Environment (DCEGDE, 1988) and Lewis and Wee (1983) a Set A was used for the MPC and NC calculations using methods 1, 3, 4, and Set B was used for the risk assessment according to method ... regulators and industry Currently, additional chronic sediment toxicity data are generated and a final risk assessment report will be published by ECETOC © 2002 by CRC Press LLC 11 Use of Species Sensitivity ... other “critical species as species that are listed as threatened or endangered under Section of the Endangered Species Act and species for which there is evidence that loss of the species at the...

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... Environmental Quality Criteria 21.1.2 SSDs for Ecological Risk Assessment 21.1.2.1 Assessment Endpoints and the Definition of Risk 21.1.2.2 Ecological Risk Assessment of Mixtures 21.1.3 Probability ... al., 1994), and the Ecological Committee on FIFRA Risk Assessment Methods (ECOFRAM, 1999a,b) 21.1.2.1 Assessment Endpoints and the Definition of Risk The appropriateness of SSDs in risk assessment ... Combining Chemicals in Distributions Selection of Protection Levels Risk Assessment Issues 21.7.1 Exposure 21.7.2 Ecological Issues 21.7.3 Joint Distributions of Exposure and Species Sensitivity The...

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... risk assessment General human and eco-toxicology Tools used in risk assessments Animal studies Human studies Exposure assessment Mode of Action Standard setting Management and communication RISK ... the assessment of risk of chemicals to human health and well-being and the environment, and present the newest concepts in the evaluation of risks Format: Lectures including case studies, and risk ... case studies, and risk assessment exercise, special feature Presentation of IPCS/WHO Risk Assessment Toolkit Teaching material: Hand-outs of power-point presentations, and additional material...

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... the maximum baseline risk, and ecological risks will decline in the future and need not be assessed However, separate ecological risk assessments should be performed if these risks could increase ... below BOX 2.3 Criteria for Selection of Assessment Endpoints for Ecological Risk Assessments Policy goals and societal values — Because the risks to the assessment endpoint are the basis for decision ... level of ecological risk is often not quantifiable It is directly applicable if only one line of evidence is used, as in many wildlife risk assessments, and if, as in human health risk assessments,...

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... sampling and data reduction must be based on the variability of concentrations in the stream and the toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of the chemicals and receptors Human health risk assessments ... scoping and screening assessments but are unlikely to be acceptable for definitive assessments Two different expressions of sediment contamination are commonly used in ecological risk assessments: ... Sample and Suter (1994), and Sample et al (1997a) Additional sources include Dunning (1984, 1993), Burt and Grossenheider (1976), Silva and Downing (1995), the Mammalian Species series, and the...

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... in ecological risk assessments Methods for fitting of exposure–response distributions to toxicity data are presented in Crump (1984), Kerr and Meador (1996), Moore and Caux (1997), and Bailer and ... nations to derive environmental criteria and has been recommended as a standard ecological risk assessment technique (Suter, 1993a; Aquatic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Dialog Group, 1994; Parkhurst ... frequently not available for wildlife species that may be considered in an ecological risk assessment, extrapolation from test species to endpoint species is required Interspecies extrapolation of toxicity...

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... REPORTING ECOLOGICAL RISKS The form in which ecological risks are reported is an often neglected aspect of the practice of ecological risk assessment The EPA internal guidance for risk characterization ... jargon • Make language and organization understandable to risk managers and the informed layperson • Fully discuss and explain any unusual issues specific to a particular risk assessment For transparency: ... results, because field exposures are longer and otherwise more realistic, and species and life stages from the site may be more sensitive than test species and life stages Single-chemical toxicity...

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... Risk to an ecological component of a site that has extraordinary local value Intermediate ecological risk • Ecological risk of magnitude between de minimis and de manifestis risk De minimis ecological ... requires a complex balancing of risks: ecological vs human health risks, baseline contaminant risks vs remedial risks, and current risks vs future, land-use-dependent risks (with potentially different ... weighting of the risks from contaminants and risks from remediation In typical communities, risks from contaminants are unfamiliar, involuntary risks, and risks from remediation are familiar and voluntary...

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... different role in ecological risk assessments than they in human health risk assessments For human health risk assessments, remediation depends on the land-use scenario because land use determines ... exposure depends on land use, and risk- based remediation should depend on land use In ecological risk assessments, three issues must be considered with respect to post-remedial land use What habitat ... ecological risk assessor’s role is to provide the risk manager with remedial goal options based on ecological risks However, the human health and ecological risk assessors should have a common understanding...

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... intensive, and expensive 10.2.3 ASSESSMENT PHASE The assessment phase is equivalent to the analyses of exposure and effects and the risk characterization in a conventional ecological risk assessment ... trustees (e.g., a federal land manager, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service for migratory birds and threatened or endangered species, a state agency managing nonmigratory species, and a tribe with treaty ... fish from the areas where risks had been significant The assessment would document the trends in contaminant levels and associated risks over time and would identify when risks dropped below prescribed...

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... and ecological risk assessment Risk Anal 14:477–481 Burmaster, D E and D A Hull 1997 Using lognormal distributions and lognormal probability plots in probabilistic risk assessments Hum Ecol Risk ... Carlo Hum Ecol Risk Assess 2:627–1037 Callahan, C A and B D Steele 1998 Ecological risk assessment guidance for Superfund sites In A de Peyster and K E Day (Eds.), Ecological Risk Assessment: A ... “North American Bird Banding Manual” (U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service, 1977), Guide to Waterfowl Banding (Addy, 1956), and Bird Trapping and Bird Banding (Bub, 1990)...

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... very high risk, Regions and as high risk, Regions 3, 4, and as medium risk, and Regions and as low risk More recently Monte Carlo analysis has been added to the RRM process In risk assessment, ... regional relative risk assessment FRAMEWORK OF THE RELATIVE RISK MODEL The framework for the RRM for regional risk assessment was outlined by Landis and Wiegers (1997) Ecological risk assessment (EcoRA) ... regional risk assessment, present the RRM, and to briefly summarize the scope and results of the studies conducted up until the fall of 2003 REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT DEFINED Ecological risk assessment...

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... (and ecological risk assessments [EcoRAs]) are scoped and conducted; (2) the decision-making processes that utilize RRAs and EcoRAs; (3) integration of risk assessment and risk management; and ... Hum Ecol Risk Assess., 10, 271–297 Landis, W.G and Wiegers, J.K 1997 Design considerations and a suggested approach for regional and comparative ecological risk assessment, Hum Ecol Risk Assess., ... Karenina principle applied to ecological risk assessments of multiple stressors, Hum Ecol Risk Assess., 7, 231–237 Moraes, R., Landis, W.G., and Molander, S 2002 Regional risk assessment of a Brazilian...

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... ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT Most subareas (Shoup Bay, Mineral and Gold Creeks, Lowe and Robe Rivers, Dayville Flats and Solomon Gulch, Valdez Marine Terminal, Sawmill to SevenMile Creek, and Anderson ... relevant to the regional-scale risk assessment components of sources, habitats, and ecological impacts Source and habitat categories describe the anthropogenic and ecological components of the ... quantitative analyses of site-specific risk using traditional risk assessment techniques We also addressed uncertainty and sensitivity during the relative risk analysis Relative Risk Model The RRM compared...

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... Environmental Quality, Portland, OR Landis, W G and J A Wiegers 1997 Design considerations and a suggested approach for regional and comparative ecological risk assessment, Hum Ecol Risk Assess., 3, 287–297 ... relative risk among the risk regions remained consistent with the original risk ranks Out of 20 iterations, risk regions MA and WB were identified as having the highest risk and second highest risk ... 2004 10:18 AM 116 REGIONAL SCALE ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) 1998b Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Forum, Washington,...

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... SCALE ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION The risk assessment for Codorus Creek was the second regional-scale risk assessment using the relative risk model (RRM) to be published (Obery and Landis ... overall risk and Region demonstrates the smallest overall risk Jenk’s optimization clustered the total of risk region ranks as low risk (Regions 5, 6, and 8), medium risk (Regions 1, 3, 4, and 7), and ... habitats, and assessment endpoints This is the conceptual model used for the original risk assessment and then for management scenarios (From Obery, A.M and Landis, W.G., Hum Ecol Risk Assess.,...

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... ecological risks, Hum Ecol Risk Assess., 7, 239–246 Landis, W.G and McLaughlin, J.F 2000a If not recovery, then what?, in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Science, Policy and Standardization ... 2004 10:18 AM 150 REGIONAL SCALE ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT Low Medium High Figure 7.1 Original risk assessment landscape risk pattern • The relative stochastic and deterministic components of ... 152 REGIONAL SCALE ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT Table 7.2 Summary of Percent Changes in Total Risk Scores for Option #2 (10% increase in urban landuse) by Risk Region and Endpoint Risk Water Water...

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... REGIONAL ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT 171 risk region, sum of potential stressor exposure within the risk region, total risk to assessment endpoints within the risk region, and total risk to each assessment ... Tasmania Landis, W.G and Wiegers, J.A 1997 Design considerations and a suggested approach for regional and comparative ecological risk assessment, Hum Ecol Risk Assess., 3, 287–297 Landis, W.G and ... for complex ecological risk assessments, Hum Ecol Risk Assess., 5, 375–396 Suter, G.W., II 1999b A framework for assessment of ecological risks from multiple activities Hum Ecol Risk Assess.,...

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