Bioavailability of Metals

Implementing approaches to account for metal bioavailability in freshwaters: Current status and future directions

July 4, 2023 by Graham Merrington

When Graham and Adam attended SETAC North America in Pittsburgh last year they organised a meeting to discuss the approaches to metal bioavailability implementation in different regions, states,…
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Workshop on the Derivation and Implementation of Bioavailability-based Water Quality Guidelines for Metals in Freshwaters

April 27, 2023 by Graham Merrington

Graham was invited to attend a Workshop on the Derivation and Implementation of Bioavailability-based Water Quality Guidelines for Metals in Freshwaters, in Sydney Australia, by CSIRO.
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New Publication on The Protectiveness of the Bioavailability Based Environmental Quality Standard for Zinc

March 23, 2023 by Adam Peters

Adam and Iain have recently published a study evaluating the protectiveness of the bioavailability based Environmental Quality Standard for zinc that is used in the…
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Implementing Approaches to Account for Metal Bioavailability in Freshwaters

November 22, 2022 by Graham Merrington

Adam and Graham helped run a meeting in the margins of SETAC North America, Pittsburgh on “Implementing Approaches to Account for Metal Bioavailability in Freshwaters: Current Status and…
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Recent Publication on Implementing Bioavailability

February 10, 2022 by Adam Peters

A lack of monitoring data for Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) is often a limiting factor in implementing bioavailability-based Environmental Quality Standards for trace metals such as copper, nickel, and…
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Deriving a bioavailability-based zinc environmental quality standard for France

September 24, 2020 by Graham Merrington

Adam, Iain and I, along with colleagues at the International Zinc Association have derived a bioavailability-based zinc Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) for France following recently updated European Technical Guidance,…
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