Generated fire effluents are toxic and responsible for the majority of fire deaths and injuries. Therefore, measures of fire safety and the assessment of toxic effects of fires on humans, which are the key factors to assess fire hazards, have been researched in the last decades. However, it is more and more recognized that there is also a need to assess the environmental impact of toxic compounds within fire effluents. Since ecotoxicology investigates the toxic effects of fire effluents on populations, interactions between ecology and toxicology are very important. These interactions may be complex and may involve research of food chains with several different trophic levels. This makes tracing of toxicants, to obtain reliable results, a real challenge. To tackle it, the bench-scale test is a cheaper and less complex method than large-scale fire simulations. Progress in the field of ecotoxicological studies is important because long-term exposure from the environment and bioaccumulation of toxic compounds in the human food chain may cause indirect health effects on humans. It is also an important tool for the general protection of the environment and biodiversity. Last, with data obtained from these studies, databases for the Life Cycle Assessment of construction materials can be improved.

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回顾：使用实验室规模测试来确定火灾排放物中的有毒有机化合物并随后估计它们对环境的影响

产生的火灾废水是有毒的，是造成大多数火灾死亡和伤害的原因。因此，消防安全措施和火灾对人体的毒性影响评估是评估火灾危害的关键因素，在过去的几十年中得到了研究。然而，人们越来越认识到，还需要评估火灾废水中有毒化合物对环境的影响。由于生态毒理学研究火灾废水对人群的毒性影响，因此生态学和毒理学之间的相互作用非常重要。这些相互作用可能很复杂，可能涉及对具有几个不同营养级别的食物链的研究。这使得追踪毒物以获得可靠的结果成为一项真正的挑战。为了解决它，与大规模火灾模拟相比，小规模试验是一种成本更低且复杂性更低的方法。生态毒理学研究领域的进展很重要，因为长期暴露于环境中以及人类食物链中有毒化合物的生物积累可能会对人类造成间接的健康影响。它也是对环境和生物多样性进行全面保护的重要工具。最后，利用从这些研究中获得的数据，可以改进建筑材料生命周期评估的数据库。