During recent years, the biotic ligand model (BLM) has been proposed as a tool to evaluate
quantitatively the manner in which water chemistry affects the speciation and biological …

The biotic ligand model (BLM) is a mechanistic approach that greatly improves our ability to
generate site-specific ambient water quality criteria (AWQC) for metals in the natural …

EPA recognized that metals present unique risk assessment issues, and saw the need to
develop a framework document that puts forth key scientific principles for metals risk …

Environmental Context. The chemical speciation of trace metals greatly influences their
biological effects. Nonetheless, no clear consensus currently exists as to when metal …

Since the early 2000s, biotic ligand models and related constructs have been a dominant
paradigm for risk assessment of aqueous metals in the environment. We critically review 1) …

As the production of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO‐NPs) and other metal oxides is
exponentially increasing, it is important to investigate potential environmental and health …

An extension of the simultaneously extracted metals/acid‐volatile sulfide (SEM/AVS)
procedure is presented that predicts the acute and chronic sediment metals effects …

Risk assessments of existing substances, including metals, in the environment are being
carried in the European Union, which require estimation of the predicted no-effect …

To compare the effect of different dietary inorganic sources of zinc (Zn) ie, zinc oxide (ZnO),
zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) on growth performance and …

The present study investigated the impact of solar UV radiation on ZnO nanoparticle toxicity
through photocatalytic ROS generation and photo-induced dissolution. Toxicity of ZnO …