Aquatic ecosystems are affected by man-made pressures, often causing combined impacts.
The analysis of the impacts of chemical pollution is however commonly separate from that of …

Water is a vital resource for natural ecosystems and human life, and assuring a high quality
of water and protecting it from chemical contamination is a major societal goal in the …

The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework represents a significant advance in specifying the
ecological constraints on human development. However, to enable decision-makers in …

The present monitoring and assessment of water quality problems fails to characterize the
likelihood that complex mixtures of chemicals affect water quality. The European …

The ecological state of receiving water bodies can be significantly influenced by organic
micropollutants that are emitted via stormwater runoff. Reported efforts to quantify the …

The ecological status of European surface waters may be affected by multiple stressors
including exposure to chemical mixtures. Currently, two different approaches are used …

Aquatic ecosystems are exposed to mixtures of chemicals. Can their impacts on aquatic life
be diagnosed, for the more than 100,000 chemicals in commerce and accounting for the …

Ecological risk assessment increasingly focuses on risks from chemical mixtures and
multiple stressors because ecosystems are commonly exposed to a plethora of …

Background This paper describes a conceptual framework for solutions-focused
management of chemical contaminants built on novel and systematic approaches for …

We describe a procedure to quantify emissions of chemicals for environmental protection,
assessment, and management purposes. The procedure uses production and use volumes …