No Data, No Risk? How the Monitoring of Chemicals in the Environment Shapes the Perception of Risks

No data, no risk? How the monitoring of chemicals in the environment shapes the perception of risks

Several hundred thousand chemicals are considered as potentially environmentally relevant. Scientists from the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany show that monitoring data for surface waters are only available for a very small fraction of these chemicals.

No data_ no risk? How the monitoring of chemicals in the environment shapes the perception ...

Several hundred thousand chemicals are

Science Panel Established, but Protections for Environment and Health Remain in Limbo

Punta del Este, Uruguay-Today governments agreed to the adoption of an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (a science-to-policy panel or SPP) to address toxic threats from hazardous chemicals and waste. There are expectations that this Panel will enhance action to address threats from hazardous chemicals and waste.  However, the lack of inclusion of civil society in all aspects of the Panel´s work, a democrat…

Estrogens and Progestogens in Environmental Waters: Analytical Chemistry and Biosensing Perspectives on Methods, Challenges, and Trends

Lalik, A., Szreder, J., Grymel, M., Żabczyński, S., Bajkacz, S., Pielok, M., Cieślik, M., Kicińska, A., & Wawrzkiewicz-Jałowiecka, A. (2025). Estrogens and Progestogens in Environmental Waters: Analytical Chemistry and Biosensing Perspectives on Methods, Challenges, and Trends. Analytical Chemistry, 97(16), 8654–8683. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.4c06796 [open access] Abstract Estrogens and progestogens of natural and synthetic origin co…

No Data, No Danger? How Environmental Chemical Monitoring Influences Risk

In an era where chemical production and usage have expanded exponentially, understanding their impact on aquatic ecosystems has become a veritable challenge. Scientists from the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität (RPTU) Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany have illuminated pressing gaps in environmental chemical monitoring and how these shortcomings obstruct accurate evaluations of ecological risks on a macroscale. By dissecting decades of …