William J. Adams

TL;DR: A comprehensive and critical review of the environmental fate of eighteen commercial phthalate esters with alkyl chains ranging from 1 to 13 carbons was performed by as discussed by the authors, which revealed that most published values exceed true water solubilities due to experimental difficulties associated with solubility determinations for these hydrophobic organic liquids.

TL;DR: This study illustrates that the BCF/BAF criteria, as currently applied, are inappropriate for the hazard identification and classification of metals, as values are highest at low exposure concentrations and are lowest at high exposure concentrations, where impacts are likely.

TL;DR: A review of the existing methods available for assessing sediment quality, an analysis of the complexity and uncertainty of the sediment assessment methodologies, and a proposed approach that utilizes the unique attributes of many of these methods in a tiered sediment assessment strategy are presented in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the context for selenium risk assessment in the context of a global problem, which they call Selenium risk assessment (SRL) problem.

TL;DR: Nearly 400 test results covering more than 60 species of microorganisms, algae, invertebrates, and fish are reported for both freshwater and saltwater aquatic species, creating a toxicological database of both sufficient depth to compare many similar tests and sufficient breadth to encompass virtually all important types of aquatic habitats and classes of aquatic species.