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Integrating Exposure and Effect Distributions with the Ecotoxicity Risk Calculator: Case Studies with Crop Protection Products
Author(s) -
Dreier David A,
Rodney Sara I,
Moore Dwayne RJ,
Grant Shanique L,
Chen Wenlin,
Valenti Theodore W,
Brain Richard A
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
integrated environmental assessment and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1551-3793
pISSN - 1551-3777
DOI - 10.1002/ieam.4344
Subject(s) - calculator , risk assessment , ecotoxicity , risk management , environmental science , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , business , chemistry , computer security , organic chemistry , finance , toxicity , operating system
Risk curves describe the relationship between cumulative probability and magnitude of effect and thus express far more information than risk quotients. However, their adoption has remained limited in ecological risk assessment. Therefore, we developed the Ecotoxicity Risk Calculator (ERC) to simplify the derivation of risk curves, which can be used to inform risk management decisions. Case studies are presented with crop protection products, highlighting the utility of the ERC at incorporating various data sources, including surface water modeling estimates, monitoring observations, and species sensitivity distributions. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:321–330. © 2020 Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)