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"The state of the science on metal mixtures in the environment"

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More on metal mixtures modelling

Special Section: Metal Mixture Modeling Evaluation:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.v34.4/issuetoc

Characterization of the effects of binary metal mixtures on short-term uptake of Ag, Cu, and Ni by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss):

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166445X16302855

A test of the additivity of acute toxicity of binary-metal mixtures of ni with Cd, Cu, and Zn to Daphnia magna, using the inflection point of the concentration–response curves:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.3342/abstract

Effect of age on acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc in individual-metal exposures to Daphnia magna neonates:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.3507/full

Acute toxicity of binary and ternary mixtures of Cd, Cu, and Zn to Daphnia magna:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.2787/full

Toxicity of binary metal mixtures to freshwater aquatic organisms: Experimental design, acute and chronic effects:

http://gradworks.umi.com/37/22/3722428.html

Comparison of chronic mixture toxicity of Ni-Zn-Cu and Ni-Zn-Cu-Cd mixtures between Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.3628/full

Reproductive toxicity of binary and ternary mixture combinations of nickel, zinc, and lead to Ceriodaphnia dubia is best predicted with the independent action model:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.3332/abstract

 

More on bioavailability of metals?

Abstracts

The biotic ligand model: a model of the acute toxicity of metals to aquatic life:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901100000472

An Evaluation of the Bioavailability and Aquatic Toxicity Attributed to Ambient Copper Concentrations in Surface Waters from Several Parts of the World:

http://search.proquest.com/openview/1b5a6581220a9e03198dece012514cc1/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=29676

Accounting for metal bioavailability in assessing water quality: A step change?

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.3252/full

Reports

Environment Agency, Environmental Quality Standards for trace metals in the aquatic environment:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291036/scho0408bnxy-e-e.pdf

Metals Environmental Risk Assessment Guidance (MERAG):

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/3209/1/SCHO0408BNXX-e-e.pdf

Web Links

www.windwardenv.com/biotic-ligand-model/

https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-copper

https://www.epa.gov/wqs-tech/copper-biotic-ligand-model

http://bio-met.net

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Models and Tools

www.windwardenv.com/biotic-ligand-model/

https://www.epa.gov/wqc/aquatic-life-criteria-copper

https://www.epa.gov/wqs-tech/copper-biotic-ligand-model

http://bio-met.net

vminteq.lwr.kth.se/

Steve Lofts CEH describes a Biotic Ligand Model.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ2TgITZ1SI

Scientific queries

Technical explanations and links to papers/abstracts

Use in regulation

Based on the EA guidance?

Eurometaux bioavailability

https://vimeo.com/125676240

Rapid Removal from the Water Column documents

Kent State report on Nickel-specific research. Report available at:

http://www.nipera.org/NiPERA/EnvironmentalScience

University of Michigan reports on Copper and Nickel-specific research (Burton and Hudson, 2018a, 2018b). Reports available at:

http://copperalliance.eu/copper-and-society/environment/copper-removal-from-natural-waters; and http://www.nipera.org/NiPERA/EnvironmentalScience

Mutch Associates report on the experimental and modeling studies for Copper removal from surface waters (Rader and Carbonaro, 2018), available from:

http://copperalliance.eu/copper-and-society/environment/copper-removal-from-natural-waters

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Many organizations have contributed to our understanding of metals mixtures in the environment. More in depth information in the form of reports, manuscripts, videos, etc. can be found here

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