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Risk Assessment

Using Toxicity Tests in Ecological Risk Assessment

Toxicity tests are used to expose test organisms to a medium-water, sediment, or soil-and evaluate the effects of contamination on the survival, growth, reproduction, behavior and or other attributes of these organisms.

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    Toxicity tests are used to expose test organisms to a medium-water, sediment, or soil-and evaluate the effects of contamination on the survival, growth, reproduction, behavior and or other attributes of these organisms.