CEC Strategy Documents and Annual Meeting Presentations

CEC Science Advisory Panel Report

Monitoring Strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in California's Aquatic Ecosystems

• Description: This report is the culmination of the CEC Ecosystems Panel, a panel convened at the request of the State Water Board to provide science-based recommendations for monitoring CECs across California.

Annual Meeting Presentations

RMP 2012 Annual Meeting: Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Synthesis and Strategy

• Description: 2012 Annual Meeting presentation given by Meg Sedlak on the new CEC Strategy, which incorporates a tiered prioritization for monitoring and managing CECs.

RMP 2010 Annual Meeting: Update on Contaminants of Emerging Concern

• Description: 2010 Annual Meeting presentation given by Susan Klosterhaus describing 2010 CEC studies including 1) PPCP and alkylphenol ethoxylate concentrations in San Francisco Bay, 2) the NOAA Mussel Watch CEC pilot study, and 3) the broadscan screening of Bay Wildlife study.

RMP 2009 Annual Meeting: Contaminants of Emerging Concern: An Update on RMP Activities

• Description: 2009 Annual Meeting presentation given by Susan Klosterhaus on PFOS in aquatic life (South Bay harbor seals and bird eggs) and on alternative flame retardants in San Francisco Bay.

RMP 2007 Annual Meeting: Progress on Identifying Contaminants of Concern in San Francisco Estuary

• Description: 2007 Annual Meeting presentation given by Susan Klosterhaus on PBDEs in the Bay Area, pyrethroid pesticides, PPCPs, PFCs, and non-PBDE flame retardants.

Previous Strategy Documents

2009

Managing Contaminants of Emerging Concern in California: Developing Processes for Prioritizing, Monitoring, and Determining Thresholds of Concern

• Description: Workshop report on integrating science into an effective CEC management strategy for California that protects water quality. The workshop was sponsored by the California Ocean Protection Council, California Ocean Science Trust, National Water Research Institute, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, and the University of California, Irvine – Urban Water Research Center

2007

Adapting an ambient monitoring program to the challenge of managing emerging pollutants in the San Francisco Estuary

• Description: This study describes (1) the scientific basis for a new monitoring approach for CECs; (2) approaches used and results obtained from a forensic retrospective; (3) the growing data set on CECs in the Bay Area; and (4) next steps in monitoring program development and research.

2003

Identification and Evaluation of Previously
Unknown Organic Contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary (1999-2001)

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