Ecological risk assessment involves the study of health risks to ecological
populations from chemicals or other environmental agents. It's range of
application includes the use of mathematical models to estimate exposures
to ecological populations, identification of critical receptors, the
assessment of the environmental fate of chemicals, and the analysis of
toxicity data for ecological species. Our scientists have expertise in
broad areas of ecological risk assessment, including exposure assessment
and ecotoxicology. Some areas that we assisted clients include:
- Development of tools to estimate exposures to ecological receptors, including multipathway models and fate and exposure models.
- Development of environmental fate and degradation data.
- Analysis of environmental chemistry, including the kinetics of metabolite production.
- Ecological risk assessments for new and existing pesticides, including the use of U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Program fate and exposure models.
- Ecological risk assessments for Superfund sites.
Sciences International is proud to be a part of the Tetra Tech Corporation.
As a part of one of the leading environmental service corporations in the country,
Sciences has the ability to draw on a wide range of expertise and capabilities
within the corporation. For example, some of the leading ecological risk
assessment professionals in the country are located at the Tetra Tech Center
for Ecological Sciences and include:
Jerry Diamond, Ph.D.
Michael Barbour, Ph.D.
Jeroen Gerritsen, Ph.D.
Michael Paul, Ph.D.
James Stribling, Ph.D.
Aquatic Risk Assessment for Pesticides
Contaminated Sediment Investigation and Ecological Risk Assessment of
Metal Bank Property
Ecological Effects of Sediment-Associated Contaminants
in Inner Burlington Harbor, Lake Champlain, Vermont
Site-Specific Ecological Risk Assessment
Please contact Herman Gibb for more information. |
