Development of a site-specific Ecological Risk Assessment for contaminated sites: part II. A multi-criteria based system for the selection of bioavailability assessment tools

Sci Total Environ. 2007 Jun 15;379(1):34-45. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.034. Epub 2007 Apr 16.

Abstract

A comparison procedure based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and expert judgment was developed in order to allow the comparison of bioavailability tests to implement the chemical Line of Evidence (LoE) within a TRIAD based site-specific Ecological Risk Assessment framework including three tires of investigation. The proposed methodology was included in the Module 1 of the Decision Support System DSS-ERAMANIA and the obtained rank supported the selection of a suitable set of available tests to be applied to the case study. A simplified application of the proposed procedure is described and results obtained by the system software are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Availability
  • Decision Support Techniques*
  • Ecology
  • Hazardous Waste*
  • Risk Assessment*
  • Soil Pollutants / metabolism

Substances

  • Hazardous Waste
  • Soil Pollutants