Prioritized Chesapeake Bay Organic Toxics of Concern Method and Assessment
- Published:
- August 1, 2006
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
In order to focus the Chesapeake Bay Program Toxics Subcommittee's (TSC) efforts on toxic organics in the Chesapeake Bay with the most harmful potential, TSC developed an updated method for prioritizing these chemicals. Criteria for ranking were carefully selected to include considerations of each toxic substance's presence and effects within the Bay. To do so, this list prioritizes organic chemicals based on estimates of loads to the Bay, presence in the Bay, ecotoxicological properties, and any impacts that these chemicals are predicted to have in the Bay and its tidal rivers characterized by fish advisories or Clean Water Act 303 (d) impairment designation.