SETAC Society of Environmental Toxicology

There has been a large increase in recent years in the application of SSDs in ecotoxi-cology, as evidenced by the recent SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) book by Posthuma et al. (2002). This approach is being or will shortly be applied in the European Union, Australia, United States, and Canada, with a general movement (where possible) toward the use of ECx in preference to the historical use of AFs and NOECs in deterministic PNEC calculations. The toxicity endpoint used will depend on the objective. For deriving a MAC-EQS, LC(EC)50 data are appropriate, while chronic NOECs (or preferably chronic ECx values, where available) are applicable for AA-EQSs. 

The SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Technical Workshop on the Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil produced the following main conclusions and recommendations ... 

Y. Allen, J. E. Thain, P. Matthiessenand S. Haworth, in Seventh Annual Meeting of SETAC-Enrope, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Brussels, 1997, p. 45. K. Hylland, B. Braaten, F. R. Knudsenand C. Haux, in Seventh Annual Meeting of SETAC-Enrope, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Brussels, 1997, p. 45. 

Consoli, F. AUen, D. (1993) Guidelines for Life-Cycle Assessment A Code of Practice . Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Sesimbra, Portugal. 

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