Toxic chemicals hazardous environment monitoring

The ultimate goals of the LRI are to fill the knowledge gap that is distorting public debate replace misinformation with scientific data increase the knowledge of the potential impacts that chemicals may have on the health of human and wildlife populations and the environment, especially sensitive sub-populations replace decisions based on hazard alone with decisions based on risk address issues such as bio-monitoring, methodologies, endocrine disruption and provide alternatives to animal testing and persistent bioaccumulative toxic substances (PBTs). 

The information necessary for the assessment of environmental hazard and risk, resulting from the use of chemicals, is preferably obtained from field monitoring and laboratory studies, but often it has to be supplemented by estimates based on various modelling techniques. The input data set required for risk assessments comprises data on the persistence, accumulation, mobility and ecotoxicity of chemicals as well as detailed information on the particular environment, to estimate in stepwise fashion the exposure concentration and the toxic levels for a regional scenario (Figure 9.1). 

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