Prioritizing chemicals of emerging concern in the Great Lakes Basin using covariance of chemical concentrations and diverse biological responses from a variety of species.

ABSTRACT: The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative aims to protect and restore the nation's largest freshwater resource, in part, by furthering our understanding of the effects of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and chemical mixtures on aquatic and terrestrial organisms. To address this goal, an interagency team conducted field studies at sites along the Maumee River in Ohio, USA, in 2016-2017, monitoring CEC levels along with diverse in vitro and in vivo biological effects in ecologically relevant species (fathead minnows, tree swallows, and golden clams). The objective of the present work was to prioritize the CECs in these studies for further monitoring and assessment by determining if there are patterns in chemical-bioeffect relations across data sets, species, and response types that indi

SUBMITTER: Vitense K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11980044 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature