Which micropollutants in water environments deserve more attention globally?

Y Yang, X Zhang, J Jiang, J Han, W Li… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Increasing chemical pollution of aquatic environments is a growing concern with global
relevance. A large number of organic chemicals are termed as “micropollutants” due to their …

Effect-directed analysis supporting monitoring of aquatic environments—an in-depth overview

W Brack, S Ait-Aissa, RM Burgess, W Busch… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aquatic environments are often contaminated with complex mixtures of chemicals that may
pose a risk to ecosystems and human health. This contamination cannot be addressed with …

Recent advances in environmental risk assessment of transformation products

BI Escher, K Fenner - Environmental science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
When micropollutants degrade in the environment, they may form persistent and toxic
transformation products, which should be accounted for in the environmental risk …

A new risk assessment approach for the prioritization of 500 classical and emerging organic microcontaminants as potential river basin specific pollutants under the …

PC von der Ohe, V Dulio, J Slobodnik… - Science of the Total …, 2011 - Elsevier
Given the huge number of chemicals released into the environment and existing time and
budget constraints, there is a need to prioritize chemicals for risk assessment and monitoring …

On some aspects of validation of predictive quantitative structure–activity relationship models

K Roy - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The success of any quantitative structure–activity relationship model depends on the
accuracy of the input data, selection of appropriate descriptors and statistical tools and, most …

A review of the electrophilic reaction chemistry involved in covalent protein binding relevant to toxicity

SJ Enoch, CM Ellison, TW Schultz… - Critical reviews in …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Several pieces of legislation have led to an increased interest in the use of in silico methods,
specifically the formation of chemical categories for the assessment of toxicological …

A European perspective on alternatives to animal testing for environmental hazard identification and risk assessment

S Scholz, E Sela, L Blaha, T Braunbeck… - Regulatory toxicology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tests with vertebrates are an integral part of environmental hazard identification and risk
assessment of chemicals, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals, biocides, feed …

Measurement and estimation of electrophilic reactivity for predictive toxicology

JAH Schwöbel, YK Koleva, SJ Enoch, F Bajot… - Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
There is an increasing interest in predicting the toxicological effects of chemicals from their
structure and physicochemical properties. For new compounds, this will optimize the product …

Effects of replacing oxygenated functionality with fluorine on lipophilicity

RJ Glyn, G Pattison - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The replacement of oxygenated functionality (hydroxy and alkoxy) with a fluorine atom is a
commonly used bioisosteric replacement in medicinal chemistry. In this paper, we use …

Effects of pesticides monitored with three sampling methods in 24 sites on macroinvertebrates and microorganisms

RB Schäfer, V Pettigrove, G Rose… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Grab water samples, sediment samples, and 2, 2, 4-trimethylpentane passive samplers
(TRIMPS) were used to determine the exposure to 97 pesticides in 24 southeast Australian …