Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology.
New concerns about biodiversity, ecosystem services and human health triggered several new regulations increasing the need for sound ecotoxicological risk assessment. The PEER network aims to share its view on the research issues that this challenges. PEER scientists call for an improved biologically relevant exposure assessment. They promote comprehensive effect assessment at several biological levels. Biological traits should be used for Environmental risk assessment (ERA) as promising tools to better understand relationships between structure and functioning of ecosystems. The use of modern high throughput methods could also enhance the amount of data for a better risk assessment. Improved models coping with multiple stressors or biological levels are necessary to answer for a more scientifically based risk assessment. Those methods must be embedded within life cycle analysis or economical models for efficient regulations. Joint research programmes involving humanities with ecological sciences should be developed for a sound risk management.
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Joan
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Artigas
Gertie
G
Arts
Marc
M
Babut
Anna Barra
AB
Caracciolo
Sandrine
S
Charles
Arnaud
A
Chaumot
Bruno
B
Combourieu
Ingela
I
Dahllöf
Denis
D
Despréaux
Benoit
B
Ferrari
Nikolai
N
Friberg
Jeanne
J
Garric
Olivier
O
Geffard
Catherine
C
Gourlay-Francé
Michaela
M
Hein
Morten
M
Hjorth
Martin
M
Krauss
Hendrika J
HJ
De Lange
Joost
J
Lahr
Kari K
KK
Lehtonen
Teresa
T
Lettieri
Matthias
M
Liess
Stephen
S
Lofts
Philipp
P
Mayer
Soizic
S
Morin
Albrecht
A
Paschke
Claus
C
Svendsen
Philippe
P
Usseglio-Polatera
Nico
N
van den Brink
Eric
E
Vindimian
Richard
R
Williams
D017753:Ecosystem; D054750:Ecotoxicology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018570:Risk Assessment