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Soil‐specific outcomes in the OECD 216 Nitrogen Transformation Test Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Christopher J. Sweeney, Melanie Bottoms, Lennart Schulz
The Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) 216 test guideline investigates the impact of agrochemicals on soil nitrogen transformation. After an evaluation of 465 OECD 216 studies, we describe two distinct yet contrasting outcomes in control nontreated samples that are possible in this testing framework, which we term the “rise” (consistent increases in nitrate concentrations
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Using equivalence tests in higher tier studies of honey bees under the revised EFSA Bee Guidance—How? Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Ines Hotopp, Anja Russ, Abdulrahim Alkassab, Jens Pistorius, Elena A. Prados, Markus Persigehl
The proposed use of equivalence tests instead of difference tests in the revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products for bees is a reasonable approach given an adverse effect was observed in the lower tier studies, using the hypothesis that there is a risk as the null hypothesis places the burden to prove the opposite on the other side. However, some uncertainties regarding
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Using emerging science to inform risk characterizations for wildlife within current regulatory frameworks Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mark S. Johnson, Michael Beking, Eric M. J. Verbruggen, Emily A. McVey, Beth Power, Clare Kilgour, Thomas G. Bean, Dwayne R. J. Moore, Marc S. Greenberg, Janet Burris, David Charters
Many jurisdictions have regulatory frameworks that seek to reduce the effects of environmental exposures of anthropogenic chemicals on terrestrial wildlife (i.e., mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians). The frameworks apply for new and existing chemicals, including pesticides (prospective assessments), and to environmental contamination from releases (retrospective risk assessments). Relatively
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Assisted phytoextraction as a nature‐based solution for the sustainable remediation of metal(loid)‐contaminated soils Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ramona Balint, Iustina Popescu Boajă
Soil contamination is a significant environmental issue that poses a threat to human health and the ecosystems. Conventional remediation techniques, such as excavation and landfilling, are often expensive, disruptive, and unsustainable. As a result, there has been growing interest in developing sustainable remediation strategies that are cost‐effective, environmentally friendly, and socially acceptable
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Implementation of the CREED approach for environmental assessments Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Carolina Di Paolo, Irene Bramke, Jenny Stauber, Caroline Whalley, Ryan Otter, Yves Verhaegen, Lisa H. Nowell, Adam C. Ryan
Environmental exposure data are a key component of chemical and ecological assessments, supporting and guiding environmental management decisions and regulations. Measures taken to protect the environment based on exposure data can have social and economic implications. Flawed information may lead to measures being taken in the wrong place or to important action not being taken. Although the advantages
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Fusing remote sensing data with spatiotemporal in situ samples for red tide (Karenia brevis) detection Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Ronald Fick, Miles Medina, Christine Angelini, David Kaplan, Paul Gader, Wenchong He, Zhe Jiang, Guangming Zheng
We present a novel method for detecting red tide (Karenia brevis) blooms off the west coast of Florida, driven by a neural network classifier that combines remote sensing data with spatiotemporally distributed in situ sample data. The network detects blooms over a 1‐km grid, using seven ocean color features from the MODIS‐Aqua satellite platform (2002–2021) and in situ sample data collected by the
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Integrating emerging science to improve estimates of risk to wildlife from chemical exposure: What are the challenges? Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Nico W. van den Brink, John E. Elliott, Beth Power, Clare Kilgour, Mark S. Johnson
Many jurisdictions require ecological risk assessments for terrestrial wildlife (i.e., terrestrial vertebrates) to assess potential adverse effects from exposure to anthropogenic chemicals. This occurs, for example, at contaminated sites and when new pesticides are proposed, and it occurs for chemicals that are in production and/or proposed for wide‐scale use. However, guidance to evaluate such risks
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Books and Other Reviews Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-23
Key Points Scientists react to the US Fifth National Climate Assessment — Richard Wenning and Glenn Suter Defending biodiversity in the courtroom — Richard J. Wenning We look forward to the seasons each year, except one — Richard J. Wenning Roads and the environment — Glenn Suter Artificial intelligence is remaking our world — Robert Stevenson
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Reality check: What can we expect from an ecological risk assessment of UV filters on coral reefs? Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Sandy Raimondo
In 2018, Hawai'i banned the sale and distribution of sunscreens containing the ultraviolet (UV) filters oxybenzone and octinoxate based on laboratory studies that indicated that they have adverse impacts on coral reefs (Downs et al., 2014). While this was not the first ban on sunscreen UV filters, it was the most widely reported and controversial in the United States. Proponents of the ban highlighted
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Flood, fires, and drought: Do we have the tools to risk‐assess for environmental management of extreme climatic events? Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Nasrin Golzadeh, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh
Floods, fires, and droughts as extreme climate events are significantly increasing concerns in environmental management, ecosystems, societies, communities, and economies worldwide. Given the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events due to factors such as global change and rising temperatures, there is an urgent need to improve our risk assessment and management abilities. Conducting
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Efficiency comparison of extraction methods for the determination of 11 of the 16 USEPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water matrices: Sources of origin and ecological risk assessment Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Sinayo Ndwabu, Mncedisi Malungana, Precious Mahlambi
As a result of their toxicity, ease of analysis, and environmental occurrence, 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were chosen as priority pollutants by the USEPA. Few studies have been conducted to assess the levels of PAHs in South Africa, especially KwaZulu Natal province, and no work has been done in the selected study area. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the levels of such PAHs
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Pointing out geographic and gender disparities related to productivity indicators among Brazilian ecotoxicologists Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Livia da Silva Freitas, Rodrigo de Lima Brum, Niely G. da Rosa Moraes, Juliana L. dal Pizzol, Lilian L. Amado, Jeamylle Nilin, Raquel F. Salla, Thiago L. Rocha, Letícia S. Camargo, Mariana V. Coronas, Tatiana da Silva Pereira, Flavio M. R. da Silva Júnior
Policies and actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion have been discussed recently in Brazil, but there is still limited information available for most academic and knowledge fields, including ecotoxicology. This study aimed to describe the profile of Brazilian ecotoxicologists and assess gender and geographical disparities, especially regarding productivity indicators. An ecological study
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Sediment quality classification in freshwater lakes predicted by the history of treatment with copper-based aquatic algaecides Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yu Chen, Patrick J. Sullivan, Eric Paul
Copper-based aquatic algaecides have been widely used in the management of aquatic macrophyte and harmful algal blooms for decades due to their effectiveness and low cost. However, repeated treatment of freshwater lakes results in the accumulation of copper in the sediment, which may adversely affect the ecosystem of the lakes through toxicity to benthic invertebrates and other organisms. Consequently
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Formerly used defense sites on Unalaska Island, Alaska: Mapping a legacy of environmental pollution Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Renee Jordan-Ward, Frank A. von Hippel, Jennifer Schmidt, Marc P. Verhougstraete
Unalaska Island, Alaska, served as a US military base during World War II. The military installed bases on Unalaska and nearby islands, many of which were built adjacent to Unangan communities. The military used toxic compounds in its operations and left a legacy of pollution that may pose health risks to residents and local wildlife. The goals of this study were to identify hotspots of contamination
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Use, reuse, and waste management of single-use products associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Monica I. Rodriguez Morris, Wissam Kontar, Andrea L. Hicks
Single-use product usage is not a new concern. However, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use and disposal of single-use products, especially those related to managing the pandemic, rose to prominence. Reports of shortages—and at the same time litter formation arising from improper disposal of various pandemic-related materials such as gloves, masks, wipes, and food takeout containers—were
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Impact of climate change on the future distribution of three Ferulago species in Iran using the MaxEnt model Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Naser Hosseini, Hossein Mostafavi, Seyed Mohammad Moein Sadeghi
The decline of habitats supporting medicinal plants is a consequence of climate change and human activities. In the Middle East, Ferulago angulata, Ferulago carduchorum, and Ferulago phialocarpa are widely recognized for their culinary, medicinal, and economic value. Therefore, this study models these Ferulago species in Iran using the MaxEnt model under two representative concentration pathways (RCP4
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In vitro bioaccessibility round robin testing for arsenic and lead in standard reference materials and soil samples Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Matt Dodd, Deanna Lee, Jasen Nelson, Sergei Verenitch, Ross Wilson
In this study, we assessed the suitability of using a standard reference material (SRM) other than National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 2710a or NIST 2711a in USEPA Method 1340 to determine arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) in vitro bioaccessibility (IVBA) and the capabilities of Canadian-based laboratories to perform the method. Five laboratories participated in an initial round robin study
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Effects of water quality on palladium-induced olfactory toxicity and bioaccumulation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Carolyn Simonis, Lauren Zink, Sarah E. Johnston, Matthew Bogard, Gregory G. Pyle
Through emission processes, palladium (Pd) particulates from industrial sources are introduced into a range of ecosystems including freshwater environments. Despite this, research on Pd-induced bioaccumulation, uptake, and toxicity is limited for freshwater fishes. Unlike other metals, there are currently no regulations or protective guidelines to limit Pd release into aquatic systems, indicating a
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An introduction to Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Exposure Datasets (CREED) for use in environmental assessments Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Graham Merrington, Lisa H. Nowell, Charles Peck
Risks posed by environmental exposure to chemicals are routinely assessed to inform activities ranging from environmental status reporting to authorization and registration of chemicals for commercial uses. Environmental risk assessment generally relies on two key values generated from exposure data and ecotoxicity data. Data sets of measured concentrations of chemicals in environmental matrices, referred
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Puget Sound sediment cleanup remedy effectiveness retrospective Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Clay Patmont, Rob Healy
The monitoring of completed large-scale sediment remediation projects has revealed mixed effectiveness at reducing risks, thus highlighting uncertainties regarding whether and which remedial measures are necessary to achieve protective goals. To support valid statements about changes over time and the overall effectiveness of sediment remedial action, robust pre- and postremediation monitoring is required
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Elemental composition and evaluation of noncarcinogenic risks of bee pollen from different Turkish areas Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 İlginç Kızılpınar Temizer
Bee pollen is a complex compound formed by the honey bee through a mixture pollen, nectar, and bee saliva. It contains many elements that have importance for the human biochemical process. However, when the content of minerals in the pollen exceeds the biological limit, it can be toxic to health. This study aimed to assess and identify the presence of 16 essential (potassium [K], phosphorus [P], calcium
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Mechanistic population models for ecological risk assessment and decision support: The importance of good conceptual model diagrams Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Valery E. Forbes, Chiara Accolla, Thomas Banitz, Kristin Crouse, Nika Galic, Volker Grimm, Sandy Raimondo, Amelie Schmolke, Maxime Vaugeois
The use of mechanistic population models as research and decision-support tools in ecology and ecological risk assessment (ERA) is increasing. This growth has been facilitated by advances in technology, allowing the simulation of more complex systems, as well as by standardized approaches for model development, documentation, and evaluation. Mechanistic population models are particularly useful for
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Welcome to Volume 20! Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Sabine E. Apitz
Last summer was reported to be the hottest recorded, bringing heat waves, wildfires, sea surface temperature rises, ice melt, and storms, pushing many systems (ecological, social, economic, and political) toward critical tipping points, driving extinction, suffering, migration, and devastating conflict. Although, over the decades, we have done much to monitor and manage pollution, we are ever more
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Testing acute toxicity to bees: “To bumblebee or not to bumblebee, that is the question” Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Stefan Kroder
In addition to the required honeybee studies, some European Union (EU) member states are more often requesting bumblebee acute studies as routine data without specifying conditions. The Northern Zone Steering Committee (NZSC), for example, justifies the request with the publication of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) bumblebee toxicity test guidelines 246 and 247 in combination
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Effects of water quality on fish parasite biodiversity and physiological responses in the host fish Clarias gariepinus from a eutrophic lake subjected to acid mine drainage in South Africa Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Lutfiyya Latief, Beric M. Gilbert, Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage
Elevated concentrations of contaminants have negative impacts on aquatic organisms and their parasites. Changes in parasite infections have been proposed as a technique for monitoring the health of aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, alterations in physiological responses (biomarkers) of organisms have also been used to delineate ecosystem quality. Lake Heritage is situated along the Crocodile River in
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Uncertainty analysis and updated user guidance for interspecies correlation estimation models and low toxicity compounds Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Sandy Raimondo, Crystal Lilavois, Shannon A. Nelson
Interspecies correlation estimation (ICE) models are log-linear relationships of acute sensitivity between two species that estimate the sensitivity of an untested species from the known sensitivity of a surrogate. As ICE model use increases globally, additional user guidance is required to ensure consistent use across chemicals and applications. The present study expands ICE uncertainty analyses and
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Incorporating climate change model projections into ecological risk assessments to help inform risk management and adaptation strategies: Synthesis of a SETAC Pellston Workshop® Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Ralph G. Stahl, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Kevin V. Brix, Wayne G. Landis, Jenny L. Stauber, S. Jannicke Moe
The impacts of global climate change are not yet well integrated with the estimates of the impacts of chemicals on the environment. This is evidenced by the lack of consideration in national or international reports that evaluate the impacts of climate change and chemicals on ecosystems and the relatively few peer-reviewed publications that have focused on this interaction. In response, a 2011 Pellston
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Alternatives assessment: An analysis on progress and future needs for research and practice Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Aude M. Bechu, Monika A. Roy, Molly Jacobs, Joel A. Tickner
Alternatives assessment is a science-policy approach to support the informed substitution of chemicals of concern in consumer products and industries, with the intent of avoiding regrettable substitution and facilitating the transition to safer, more sustainable chemicals and products. The field of alternatives assessment has grown steadily in recent decades, particularly after the publication of specific
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Assessing the relevance of environmental exposure data sets Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Adam Peters, Michael Beking, Leonard Oste, Mick Hamer, Jeanne Vuaille, Andrew J. Harford, Thomas Backhaus, Stephen Lofts, Claus Svendsen, Charles Peck
Environmental exposure data are used by decision-makers to assess environmental risks and implement actions to mitigate risks from contaminants. The first article in this series summarized the available evaluation schemes for environmental exposure data, of which there are few compared to those available for environmental hazard data. The second article covered the assessment of the reliability of
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Modeling of local and systemic exposure to metals and metalloids after inhalation exposure: Recommended update to the USEPA metals framework Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Craig J. Boreiko
The USEPA issued the “Framework for Metal Risk Assessment” in 2007, recognizing that human and environmental exposure to metals and metalloids (MMEs) poses challenges risk assessment. Inhalation of aerosols containing MMEs is a primary pathway for exposure in the occupational setting, for consumer exposure, and to general population exposure associated with point-source emissions or ambient sources
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Integrating climate model projections into environmental risk assessment: A probabilistic modeling approach Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 S. Jannicke Moe, Kevin V. Brix, Wayne G. Landis, Jenny L. Stauber, John F. Carriger, John D. Hader, Taro Kunimitsu, Sophie Mentzel, Rory Nathan, Pamela D. Noyes, Rik Oldenkamp, Jason R. Rohr, Paul J. van den Brink, Julie Verheyen, Rasmus E. Benestad
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) convened a Pellston workshop in 2022 to examine how information on climate change could be better incorporated into the ecological risk assessment (ERA) process for chemicals as well as other environmental stressors. A major impetus for this workshop is that climate change can affect components of ecological risks in multiple direct and
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Incorporation of climate change into a multiple stressor risk assessment for the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) population in the Yakima River, Washington, USA Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Wayne G. Landis, Chelsea J. Mitchell, John D. Hader, Rory Nathan, Emma E. Sharpe
One outcome of the 2022 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Pellston Workshop on incorporating climate change predictions into ecological risk assessments was the key question of how to integrate ecological risk assessments that focus on contaminants with the environmental alterations from climate projections. This article summarizes the results of integrating selected direct and indirect
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CropLife Europe Crop Development Database: An open-source, pan-European, harmonized crop development database for use in regulatory pesticide exposure modeling and risk assessment Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Gregory O. Hughes, Andrew Eatherall, Michael Bird, Jonathon Blake, Philip R. Branford, Sebastian Gebler, Anthony Lozano, Paul A. Massey, Gerald Reinken, Adrian S. Terry, Elizabeth H. Whitworth
There is a regulatory need for crop development dates to assess current default values used within chemical exposure assessments as well as to justify refinements within risk assessments. However, a readily available pan-European crop phenology database covering key FOrum for the Co-ordination of pesticide fate models and their USe (FOCUS) crops and scenarios to meet this need is not currently available
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Long-term vinasse application enhanced the initial dissipation of atrazine and ametryn in a sugarcane field in Tucumán, Argentina Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Rocio de los Ángeles Portocarrero, Jorge Elías Chalco Vera, Juan Inocencio Vallejo, Eduardo De Gerónimo, José Luis Costa, Virginia Carolina Aparicio
The production of sugarcane bioethanol generates large volumes of vinasse, an effluent whose final disposal can produce an environmental impact that is of concern. The long-term disposal of vinasse in sugarcane fields could challenge crop management, such as the performance of traditional herbicides, by changing soil properties. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of long-term vinasse application
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Environmental management cycles for chemicals and climate change, EMC4: A new conceptual framework contextualizing climate and chemical risk assessment and management Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Mariana G. Cains, Alizée O. S. Desrousseaux, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Sverker Molander, Eugenio Molina-Navarro, Julia Sussams, Andrea Critto, Ralph G. Stahl, Hanna-Andrea Rother
The environmental management cycles for chemicals and climate change (EMC4) is a suggested conceptual framework for integrating climate change aspects into chemical risk management. The interaction of climate change and chemical risk brings together complex systems that are imperfectly understood by science. Making management decisions in this context is therefore difficult and often exacerbated by
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Relationships among tissues, biofluids, and otolith selenium concentrations in wild female burbot (Lota lota) Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Stephanie D. Graves, Noëlie Molbert, David M. Janz, Lauren D. Hayhurst, Jessica E. Brandt, Lauren Timlick, Vince P. Palace
In the Lake Koocanusa-Kootenai River system (Montana, USA and British Columbia, Canada), selenium (Se) contamination has become an international concern and is suspected to contribute to the observed burbot (Lota lota) population collapse. Due to our limited ability to sample burbot in Lake Koocanusa for monitoring studies, we used a reference population to develop tools to model tissue Se disposition
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Synergistic effects of a carbon emissions trading scheme on carbon emissions and air pollution: The case of China Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Chenggang Li, Han Jin, Yuanyuan Tan
Facing the dual pressures of the exacerbation of global climate change and the deterioration of the domestic environment caused by pollution, China has clearly adopted environmental regulatory measures to improve the climate environment. One measure is the carbon emissions trading scheme (CETS), which serves as a notable example of the country's efforts to improve the climate environment. We gathered
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Second Fundão Dam Rupture Science Meeting: Updating the science Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Ross E. W. Smith, Tatiana H. Furley, Denis M. de Souza Abessa, Laila C. C. Medeiros
The second Fundão Dam Rupture Science Meeting was held in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 21 and 22 September 2022. A total of 100 delegates attended the meeting, which featured high-quality oral presentations and posters over the two days and lively discussions of the science presented. The meeting resulted in nine papers being published in this special series. In the discussion, it was commented
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Assessing the pollution and ecotoxicological status of the Iguaçu River, southern Brazil: A review Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Tobias Pereira de Morais, Luiza Santos Barreto, Tugstênio Lima de Souza, Roberta Pozzan, Dámaso Ángel Rubio Vargas, Flávia Yoshie Yamamoto, Maritana Mela Prodocimo, Francisco Filipak Neto, Marco Antônio Ferreira Randi, Ciro Alberto de Oliveira Ribeiro
The degradation of water resources available for human consumption is increasing with the continuous release of chemicals into aquatic environments and their inefficient removal in wastewater treatment. Several watersheds in Brazil, such as the Iguaçu River, are affected by multiple sources of pollution and lack information about their pollution status. The Iguaçu River basin (IRB) has great socioeconomic
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Effects of glyphosate on earthworms: From fears to facts Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Claudia de Lima e Silva, Céline Pelosi
Glyphosate is the most widely applied herbicide worldwide, contaminating water, soils, and living organisms. Earthworms are emblematic soil organisms used as indicators of soil quality, but knowledge about the impacts of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) on these key soil organisms is scattered. Here, we examine this knowledge in detail to answer four questions: (1) Which endpoint is
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Evaluating the effects of climate change and chemical, physical, and biological stressors on nearshore coral reefs: A case study in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Sophie Mentzel, Rory Nathan, Pamela Noyes, Kevin V. Brix, S. Jannicke Moe, Jason R. Rohr, Julie Verheyen, Paul J. Van den Brink, Jennifer Stauber
An understanding of the combined effects of climate change (CC) and other anthropogenic stressors, such as chemical exposures, is essential for improving ecological risk assessments of vulnerable ecosystems. In the Great Barrier Reef, coral reefs are under increasingly severe duress from increasing ocean temperatures, acidification, and cyclone intensities associated with CC. In addition to these stressors
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Pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area: plausible risks to fish populations Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 S.E. Hook, R.A. Smith, N. Waltham, Warne M.St.J.
Waterways that drain the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Area (GBRCA) transport pollutants to marine habitats, provide a critical corridor between freshwater and marine habitats for migratory fish species, and are of high socioecological value. Some of these waterways contain concentrations of pesticide active ingredients (PAIs) that exceed Australian ecotoxicity threshold values for ecosystem protection
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Contaminated sites and Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States: A scoping review Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Katherine Chong, Niladri Basu
Indigenous communities are disproportionately exposed to contaminated sites, and this poses unique challenges as many Indigenous peoples consider land as an integral part of their culture and economy. This scoping review aimed to identify and map information on contaminated sites and Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States, namely (1) the relationship between contaminated sites and Indigenous
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A shift from individual species to ecosystem services effect: Introducing the Eco-indicator Sensitivity Distribution (EcoSD) as an ecosystem services approach to redefining the species sensitivity distribution (SSD) for soil ecological risk assessment Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Hamzat O. Fajana, Eric G. Lamb, Steven D. Siciliano
Incorporating the ecosystem services (ES) approach into soil ecological risk assessment (ERA) has been advocated over the years, but implementing the approach in ERA faces some challenges. However, several researchers have made significant improvements to the soil ERA, such as applying the species sensitivity distribution (SSD) to discern chemical effects on the soil ecosystem. Despite the considerable
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Rare earth elements as tracers of iron ore tailings on the Brazilian eastern continental shelf Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Renata C. Cagnin, Eduardo S. Costa, Cybelle M. Longhini, Cesar A. da Silva, Fabian Sá, Renato R. Neto
Iron ore tailings are stored in large dams and pose risks to the environment around the world. In Brazil, the rupture of these dams has become frequent and has generated environmental and social concern. Rare earth elements are good tracers of sediment sources and our results indicated chronic contamination of the seabed sediment from the marine region affected by the Fundão Dam tailings since 2015
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The influence of environmental factors on the health of the population of the Aktobe region Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Lyazzat Moldayazova, Baser Zhapalakov, Bibigul Shagatayeva, Aynagul Kuatbaeva, Akmaral Baspakova
This study investigates the impact of environmental factors on human health, including harmful substances, extreme temperatures, and air quality. The health status of the population in regions where many industries operate also depends on meteorological factors. The purpose of the study is to characterize and determine the influence of environmental factors (humidity, temperature, wind) and industries
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Balancing climate resilience and adaptation for Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Building institutional capacity Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Stephanie E. Galaitsi, Christopher Corbin, Shelly-Ann Cox, Genora Joseph, Patrick McConney, Adrian Cashman, Cletus Springer, Jesse Keenan, Christopher L. Cummings, Benjamin D. Trump, Igor Linkov
Although the Caribbean's Small Island Developing States (SIDS) minimally contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions, they face disproportionate climate risks and are particularly susceptible to systemic economic threats posed by climate change and subsequent increases in climate variability. Historically, strategic programs and investments have sought to develop more robust and adaptive engineered
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The influence of sampling method and season on modeling of selenium into coldwater fish and implications on tissue-based water quality benchmarks Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Maíra Peixoto Mendes, Beatriz Cupe-Flores, Katherine Woolhouse, Stacey Fernandes, Karsten Liber
Selenium (Se) contamination of aquatic ecosystems has led to the local extirpation of some Se-sensitive fish species. Although Se exposure occurs primarily via diet, considerable uncertainty lies in modeling Se transfer and bioaccumulation from sediment, detritus, and/or periphyton through benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) to fish. Here we estimated Se concentrations in four coldwater fish species (northern
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Assessing the environmental impacts of copper cathode production based on life cycle assessment Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Hamed Shahraki, Fatemeh Einollahipeer, Hajar Abyar, Malihe Erfani
The demand for copper is growing considerably in parallel with economic and technological development. The rate increase in copper consumption in Iran increases pressure on the numerous unexploited mines in southeast Iran and causes the environmental crisis alongside the northern Levar wind in this area. Given this, this study systematically explored the environmental impacts of a one-ton copper cathode
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Reproducibility, reliability, and regulatory relevance of plant visual injury assessments Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Sebastian Fellmann, Andreas Duffner, Ashlee Kirkwood, Patricia Lopez-Mancisidor, Joshua Arnie, Henry Krueger, Gunther du Hoffmann, Jeffrey Wolf, Gwendolin Kraetzig, Tim Springer, Rena Isemer
The registration of herbicides in the European Union requires an assessment of risks to nontarget terrestrial plants (NTTPs). Regulatory plant studies are performed to determine risk-assessment-relevant endpoints (50% effect rate) for quantitative parameters, mostly biomass and survival. Recently, the European Food Safety Authority stated that endpoints for qualitatively assessed plant visual injuries
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Determinants of climate information service access and use among smallholder farmers in Bereh woreda, Ethiopia Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Tsion Fikadu, Shimeles Damene, Abyiot Teklu
Climate information service (CIS) is a key component of a climate adaptation strategy that is expected to lessen climate risk. Access to and use of CIS among the local community are limited and constrained by various factors and are not supported by empirical research evidence. Therefore, this article analyzed CIS access and use determinants among smallholder farmers in Bereh woreda. The study applied
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Raging fires, wild storms: Is the rate of global climate change outpacing our progress in the assessment and management of chemical stressors to effectively protect humans and the environment for extreme climate conditions? Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Susan C. Wilson
Extremes of climate are occurring with ever greater frequency. Wildfires, floods, droughts, and cyclones are having devastating impacts on humans and ecosystems around the world. As this editorial was developed, at least 115 people are known to have died in the recent Maui wildfires, thousands have been evacuated as wildfires ravage parts of Canada and the Mediterranean, and thousands are homeless
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Metals and new approaches for biomonitoring Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Isabella C. Bordon
Regardless of the comprehensive attention given to emerging contaminants, classic contaminants such as metals continue to compromise the conservation of land, freshwater, polar, and coastal environments. In extreme scenarios, such as those driven by global warming and ocean acidification, scientists must maintain a focus on metals in the environment as they may become bioavailable at varying concentrations
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Improving endangered species assessments using the Automated Probabilistic Co-Occurrence Assessment Tool Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Jonnie B. Dunne, Hendrik Rathjens, Michael Winchell, Max Feken, Richard Brain
Under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), calculating the degree of spatial overlap among endangered species' geographic ranges and registered pesticide use patterns is required and critical to assessing and mitigating potential risks posed to the species in question. However, the dynamic nature of cropping practices, limited data availability for rare species geographic ranges, and the large number
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Using multilayer perceptron and similarity-weighted machine learning algorithms to reconstruct the past: A case study of the agricultural expansion on grasslands in the Uruguayan savannas Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Bruna Batista Kappes, Tatiana Mora Kuplich, Tatiana Silva da Silva, Eliseu José Weber
Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) have significant implications for biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and deforestation. Modeling LULC changes is crucial to understanding anthropogenic impacts on environmental conservation and ecosystem services. Although previous studies have focused on predicting future changes, there is a growing need to determine past scenarios using new assessment tools
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Multicity comparative assessment and optimized management path of sustainability of the economy–energy–environment system: A case study of core cities in China's three major economic circles Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Yujie Zhang, Haichao Ma, Qingsong Wang, Yue Xu, Shu Tian, Xueliang Yuan, Qiao Ma, Yuan Xu, Shuo Yang, Chengqing Liu
Coordinated and stable development of economy–energy–environment (3E) systems represents a long-term strategy for the sustainable development of humankind. Following the research idea of “indicator system construction—3E system evaluation—obstacles identification—optimization management,” this article innovatively constructs a multiangle and comparable methodology system for evaluation and optimized
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“Analysis and management of herbicidal mixtures in a high-intensity agricultural landscape in Belgium” Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-13
Schuster, H. S., Taylor, N. S., Sur, R., & Weyers, A. (2023). Analysis and management of herbicidal mixtures in a high-intensity agricultural landscape in Belgium. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 19, 1297–1306. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4727 After the publication, the authors continued analyses with the underlying data used in the article and identified a minor error with the
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Aquatic macrophyte growth season in Central and Northern European Union and the implications for aquatic macrophyte risk assessments for herbicides Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Helena Crosland, Amy Brooks, Michael Hackett, Johannes Witt, Thomas G. Preuss
Under current European Union regulation, the risks to aquatic organisms must be assessed for uses of plant protection products (PPPs) that may result in exposure to the environment. For herbicidal PPPs, aquatic macrophytes are often the most sensitive taxa. For some herbicidal modes of action, macrophytes may be affected only while they are actively growing. For the risk assessment, it is therefore