A Review of Mechanistic Models for Predicting Adverse Effects in Sediment Toxicity Testing

Author:

Burgess Robert M.1ORCID,Kane Driscoll Susan2ORCID,Bejarano Adriana C.3ORCID,Davis Craig Warren4ORCID,Hermens Joop L. M.5,Redman Aaron D.4ORCID,Jonker Michiel T. O.5ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Office of Research and Development/Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling/Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division US Environmental Protection Agency Narragansett Rhode Island USA

2. Exponent Maynard Massachusetts USA

3. Shell Global Solutions Houston Texas USA

4. ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences Annandale New Jersey USA

5. Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands

Abstract

AbstractSince recognizing the importance of bioavailability for understanding the toxicity of chemicals in sediments, mechanistic modeling has advanced over the last 40 years by building better tools for estimating exposure and making predictions of probable adverse effects. Our review provides an up‐to‐date survey of the status of mechanistic modeling in contaminated sediment toxicity assessments. Relative to exposure, advances have been most substantial for non‐ionic organic contaminants (NOCs) and divalent cationic metals, with several equilibrium partitioning‐based (Eq‐P) models having been developed. This has included the use of Abraham equations to estimate partition coefficients for environmental media. As a result of the complexity of their partitioning behavior, progress has been less substantial for ionic/polar organic contaminants. When the EqP‐based estimates of exposure and bioavailability are combined with water‐only effects measurements, predictions of sediment toxicity can be successfully made for NOCs and selected metals. Both species sensitivity distributions and toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic models are increasingly being applied to better predict contaminated sediment toxicity. Furthermore, for some classes of contaminants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, adverse effects can be modeled as mixtures, making the models useful in real‐world applications, where contaminants seldomly occur individually. Despite the impressive advances in the development and application of mechanistic models to predict sediment toxicity, several critical research needs remain to be addressed. These needs and others represent the next frontier in the continuing development and application of mechanistic models for informing environmental scientists, managers, and decisions makers of the risks associated with contaminated sediments. Environ Toxicol Chem 2023;00:1–17. © 2023 SETAC. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Environmental Chemistry

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