Elsevier

Environment International

Volume 128, July 2019, Pages 210-217
Environment International

Improving environmental risk assessments of chemicals: Steps towards evidence-based ecotoxicology

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Highlights

  • 9 recommendations digest recent developments in regulatory environmental risk assessment.

  • Efforts are necessary to make the translation of ecotoxicology into regulatory decisions more open and transparent.

  • They require concerted and sustained action from a variety of sectors and stakeholders.

  • Better evidence will lead to better decisions, sustainable innovation and a healthier environment.

Keywords

Environmental risk assessment
Ecological risk assessment
Ecotoxicology
Decision-making
Evidence-based
Chemical safety

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