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The er has critical expertise ,

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facilities and capabilities to

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characterize potential effects of

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chemicals and other materials on the

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environment . The pillars for analysis

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and exposure assessment inform how and

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in what form organisms are likely to

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come in contact with a chemical . This

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information can then be used to

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characterize how organisms interact

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with and are ultimately affected by a

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chemical or substance . A process also

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known as effects assessment effects

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assessment is something that's really

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important when evaluating new materials ,

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advanced materials , understanding the

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potential biological effects and

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effects on the environment is something

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that's a complicated process that

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requires an interdisciplinary

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collaboration with folks that are

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looking at how the material travels in

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the environment , how it accumulates in

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organisms ergic has unique capabilities

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for the assessment of effects at the

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sub cellular cellular organism and

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population level over a broad range of

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both terrestrial and aquatic species

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with relevancy to both ecological and

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human health effects . Earth scientists

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are at the leading edge of research for

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derivation of toxicity thresholds ,

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identification of motive action ,

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adverse outcome pathways , multi

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species and multi chemical interactions

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and other areas critical to

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understanding potential effects of

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advanced material and substances of

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emerging environmental concern . The

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team is well established in conducting

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evaluations of complex environmental

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scenarios , including multi

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generational exposures effects in

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extreme environments and the influence

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of environmental modifying factors such

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as UV , salinity , ph and temperature .

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One example of where we had conducted

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an elaborate effects exposure for an

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emerging compound of concern for the

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Department of Defense was the

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investigation of typhus in the

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zebrafish model in a multigenerational

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exposure where it really took

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a collaborative effort amongst

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engineers , scientists from Biology

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Chemistry to come together to try to

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solve a very difficult problem . Fifa's

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is material that's hard to work with .

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It's hard to analyze and in bringing a

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multidisciplinary group together , we

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were able to do a very robust study of

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the effects of those materials while

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operating in a safe environment ,

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getting quality analytical chemistry .

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So it's vetted and can be used by

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regulatory agencies . And it was really

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a difficult yet very successful

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endeavor to go through and cover a data

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gap . That's been really a key issue in

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the community of practice for emerging

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contaminants as it relates to pee fast ,

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whether in the laboratory or in the

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field . Ergic scientists provide

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accurate and objective effects

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assessment for even the most

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challenging materials and complex

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environmental scenarios .