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Simon O’Toole
Researcher at United States Environmental Protection Agency
Publications - 5
Citations - 947
Simon O’Toole is an academic researcher from United States Environmental Protection Agency. The author has contributed to research in topics: Water Framework Directive & Risk assessment. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 811 citations.
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The European technical report on aquatic effect-based monitoring tools under the water framework directive
Ann-Sofie Wernersson,Mario Carere,Chiara Maggi,Petr Tusil,Premysl Soldan,Alice James,Wilfried Sanchez,Valeria Dulio,Katja Broeg,Georg Reifferscheid,Sebastian Buchinger,Hannie Maas,Esther Van Der Grinten,Simon O’Toole,Antonella Ausili,Loredana Manfra,Laura Marziali,Stefano Polesello,Ines Lacchetti,Laura Mancini,Karl Lilja,Maria Linderoth,Tove Lundeberg,Bengt Fjällborg,Tobias Porsbring,D. G. Joakim Larsson,Johan Bengtsson-Palme,Lars Förlin,Cornelia Kienle,Petra Kunz,Etiënne L.M. Vermeirssen,Inge Werner,Craig D. Robinson,Brett P. Lyons,Ioanna Katsiadaki,Caroline Whalley,Klaas den Haan,Marlies Messiaen,Helen Clayton,Teresa Lettieri,Raquel N. Carvalho,Bernd Manfred Gawlik,Henner Hollert,Carolina Di Paolo,Werner Brack,Ulrike Kammann,Robert Kase +46 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a technical report on aquatic effect-based monitoring tools (e.g. biomarkers and bioassays) that could be used in the context of different monitoring programmes linking chemical and ecological status assessment.
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COMMON IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC). Guidance Document No. 32 ON BIOTA MONITORING (THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EQSBIOTA) UNDER THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
Karin Deutsch,Delphine Leroy,Claude Belpaire,Klaas den Haan,Branislav Vrana,Helen Clayton,Georg Hanke,Marina Ricci,Andrea Held,Bernd Manfred Gawlik,Marc Babut,Olivier Perceval,Peter Lepom,Christiane Heiss,Jan Koschorreck,Simon O’Toole,Sara Valsecchi,Stefano Polesello,Mario Carere,Dorien ten Hulscher,Eric Verbruggen,Valeria Dulio,Norman Whitaker Green,Lucia Viñas +23 more
TL;DR: This guidance document constitutes guidance and Member States are therefore not legally required to follow the recommendations contained in it, however, they are required to use methods compliant with the requirements of the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQS) and the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Directive 2009/90/EC as mentioned in this paper.
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Towards the review of the European Union Water Framework Directive: Recommendations for more efficient assessment and management of chemical contamination in European surface water resources.
Werner Brack,Werner Brack,Valeria Dulio,Marlene Ågerstrand,Ian Allan,Rolf Altenburger,Markus Brinkmann,Dirk Bunke,Robert M. Burgess,Ian T. Cousins,Beate I. Escher,Félix Hernández,Mark L. Hewitt,Klára Hilscherová,Juliane Hollender,Henner Hollert,Robert Kase,Bernd Klauer,Claudia Lindim,David López Herráez,Cécil Miège,John Munthe,Simon O’Toole,Leo Posthuma,Heinz Rüdel,Ralf B. Schäfer,Manfred Sengl,Foppe Smedes,Dik van de Meent,Paul J. Van den Brink,Jos van Gils,Annemarie P. van Wezel,A. Dick Vethaak,Etiënne L.M. Vermeirssen,Peter C. von der Ohe,Branislav Vrana +35 more
TL;DR: 10 recommendations to improve monitoring and to strengthen comprehensive prioritization, to foster consistent assessment and to support solution-oriented management of surface waters are given.
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Position paper on passive sampling techniques for the monitoring of contaminants in the aquatic environment – Achievements to date and perspectives
Cecile Miege,Nicolas Mazzella,Ian Allan,Valeria Dulio,Foppe Smedes,Céline Tixier,Etiënne L.M. Vermeirssen,Jan L. Brant,Simon O’Toole,Hélène Budzinski,J. P. Ghestem,Pierre-François Staub,Sophie Lardy-Fontan,Jean-Louis Gonzalez,Marina Coquery,Branislav Vrana +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a common position of the passive sampling community experts regarding concrete actions required to foster the use of passive sampling techniques in support of contaminant risk assessment and management and for routine monitoring of contaminants in aquatic systems.
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The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate!
Valeria Dulio,Jan Koschorreck,Bert van Bavel,Paul J. Van den Brink,Juliane Hollender,John Munthe,Martin Schlabach,Reza Aalizadeh,Marlene Ågerstrand,Lutz Ahrens,Ian Allan,Nikiforos A. Alygizakis,Damià Barceló,Pernilla Bohlin-Nizzetto,Susanne Boutroup,Werner Brack,Werner Brack,Adèle Bressy,Jan H. Christensen,Lubos Cirka,Adrian Covaci,Anja Derksen,Geneviève Deviller,Milou M.L. Dingemans,Magnus Engwall,Despo Fatta-Kassinos,Pablo Gago-Ferrero,Félix Hernández,Dorte Herzke,Klára Hilscherová,Henner Hollert,Marion Junghans,Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern,Steffen Keiter,Stefan A. E. Kools,Anneli Kruve,Dimitra A. Lambropoulou,Marja H. Lamoree,Pim E.G. Leonards,Benjamin Lopez,Miren López de Alda,Lian Lundy,Lian Lundy,Jarmila Makovinská,Ionan Marigómez,Jonathan W. Martin,Brendan McHugh,Cecile Miege,Simon O’Toole,Noora Perkola,Stefano Polesello,Leo Posthuma,Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz,Ivo Roessink,Pawel Rostkowski,Heinz Ruedel,Saer Samanipour,Tobias Schulze,Emma L. Schymanski,Manfred Sengl,Peter Tarábek,Dorien Ten Hulscher,Nikolaos S. Thomaidis,Anne Togola,Sara Valsecchi,Stefan P.J. van Leeuwen,Peter C. von der Ohe,Katrin Vorkamp,Branislav Vrana,Jaroslav Slobodnik +69 more
TL;DR: The Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC) is currently under development as a joint research and innovation programme to strengthen the scientific basis for chemical risk assessment in the EU as discussed by the authors.