Jon A. Arnot

TL;DR: The status of bioaccumulation assessment is important in the scientific evaluation of risks that chemicals may pose to humans and the environment and is a current focus of regulatory effort as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The new model is able to provide better estimates of bioaccumulation factors in comparison to the previous food web bioaccUMulation model while the model input requirements remain largely unchanged.

TL;DR: Screening-level modeling data are in general agreement with available environmental measurements, suggesting thatechlorane Plus and it analogs may be persistent, bioaccumulative, and subject to long-range transport and that these chemicals may be candidates for Annex D evaluation under the United Nations Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

TL;DR: Estimated degradation half-lives, together with data in abiotic compartments and long-range transport potential indicate HBCD may be sufficiently persistent and distributed to be of global concern.

TL;DR: The BAF-QSAR can be applied to categorize organic chemical substances on their bioaccumulation potential and used in the derivation of water quality guidelines and total maximum daily loadings by relating internal concentrations of organic chemicals in upper trophic fish species to corresponding concentrations in the water.