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Pilot study using cell bioassays to study adverse health effects of CECs in consumer products
SCCWRP has launched a pilot study with California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) using bioanalytical screening assays to help close knowledge gaps in how common consumer products can ... More
Workshop teaches end users how to screen water samples using bioanalytical cell assays
SCCWRP trained California’s water-quality management community in how to use bioanalytical cell assays to screen water samples for bioactive contaminants during a day-long workshop in June – part of an ... More
Lab accreditation agencies trained on bioassay methods for fish
Assessors who accredit environmental laboratories in California received training in testing requirements and data quality issues associated with a suite of commonly used fish bioassay toxicity tests during a three-day ... More
Study launched to expand use of bioanalytical cell assays for more aquatic matrices
SCCWRP and its partners have launched an intercalibration exercise to evaluate laboratories’ proficiency using bioanalytical cell assays to detect contaminants in surface water, stormwater, seawater and other aquatic matrices. The ... More
California’s experiences with bioanalytical screening included in new international guidance documents
California’s recent experiences incorporating bioanalytical screening technology into recycled-water monitoring programs are prominently featured in a newly developed set of international guidance documents intended to promote adoption of the technology ... More
Bight ’18 study shows how bioanalytical screening can be used to monitor sediment contamination
SCCWRP and its partners have completed a three-year effort to demonstrate how bioanalytical screening technology can be incorporated into the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program to help track ... More
Bioanalytical screening expands to San Gabriel, Santa Ana watersheds
SCCWRP and its partners have analyzed an initial set of water samples collected from the San Gabriel River and Santa Ana River watersheds using bioanalytical screening tools – a major ... More
Effort launched to link glucocorticoid receptor bioassay to biological impacts in fish
SCCWRP and its partners completed an initial round of lab experiments in March for a study investigating how the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) assay could be used to provide an early-warning ... More
Methods to be standardized for 3 additional bioanalytical screening tools
SCCWRP and its partners have launched a two-year effort to develop standardized methods for screening water bodies for bioactive chemical contaminants using three bioanalytical screening tools – an effort to ... More
Non-targeted analysis used to detect bioactive contaminants in Bight ’18 sediment
SCCWRP and its partners have completed screening sediment samples collected during the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program for contaminants using non-targeted chemical analysis. The work, completed in December, ... More
Effort to link bioassays to biological impacts in fish expands to San Gabriel River
SCCWRP and its partners have expanded their effort to understand how bioanalytical cell screening technology can be used to provide early evidence that chemical contaminants in river water are potentially ... More
Initial round of bioanalytical screening completed for Bight ’18 sediment, fish samples
SCCWRP and its partners have completed screening Southern California Bight sediment and fish tissue samples for chemical contaminants that activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor – the first of three bioanalytical ... More
First phase completed for study examining fate of bioactive CECs from treated wastewater effluent
SCCWRP and the Orange County Sanitation District have completed the first phase of analysis for a one-year study examining whether bioactive chemical contaminants persist at detectable levels after being discharged ... More
Guidance prepared on how to use bioanalytical assays to screen for contaminants
SCCWRP has partnered with the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) to co-author guidance for California’s water recycling community on how to incorporate bioanalytical screening technology into routine water-quality monitoring. The ... More
Bight ’18 sediment, fish samples to be screened using bioanalytical assays
SCCWRP and its partners in June will begin screening sediment and sportfish tissue samples collected from across the Southern California Bight for bioactive chemical contaminants using bioanalytical screening assays. More ... More
SCCWRP aiding effort to transfer bioanalytical assay technology to end users
SCCWRP has been working to build the California water-quality management community’s capacity to screen for bioactive contaminants using bioanalytical cell assays, a response to a State Water Board decision to ... More
Discussions underway on how to implement proposed recycled water policy
Water recycling agencies and State Water Board staff have begun discussing how to implement a proposed statewide policy that would require recycled water to be monitored using bioanalytical cell screening ... More
Effort launched to better characterize linkage between bioassays and biological impacts in fish
SCCWRP and its partners are launching a new round of exploratory work on bioanalytical cell screening technology to better understand how these assays can be adapted to provide early evidence ... More
Bight ’18 keeps focus on key issues of management concern
More than 80 environmental agencies will examine new and emerging developments in water-quality science and management during the 2018 cycle of the Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program, which initiates ... More
CEC panel informs proposed update to recycled water policy
The State Water Board will consider updating California’s policy on monitoring contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in recycled water as early as this year based on the findings of an ... More
Expert panel updates recommendations for monitoring CECs in recycled water
An expert advisory panel convened by SCCWRP on behalf of the State Water Board to update recommendations for monitoring CECs in recycled water has released its final draft report. The ... More
Initial testing completed for using bioanalytical assays to screen for CECs
SCCWRP and its partners have shown in a pair of initial studies that bioanalytical screening tools have the potential to be used to screen receiving waters across California for CECs. ... More
Fish exposed to flowing river water to monitor for biological changes
SCCWRP and its partners exposed fish to flowing Los Angeles River water for two weeks in September as part of a pilot study examining potential biological impacts from exposure to ... More
Preliminary testing completed for L.A. River fish flow-through study
SCCWRP and its partners have completed preliminary testing for a field study that involves exposing fish to flowing river water in real time to study potential biological impacts from exposure ... More
Bioassays show promise for CEC screening in SMC study
SCCWRP and its partners have demonstrated in a proof-of-concept study that commercially available bioanalytical tools have the potential to cost-effectively screen Southern California waterways for the presence of bioactive contaminants ... More
CEC advisory panel reconvened to update recommendations for recycled water monitoring
SCCWRP has reconvened an expert advisory panel at the behest of the State Water Board to develop an updated set of recommendations for monitoring CECs in recycled water. During a ... More
International passive sampling study to examine persistent organic pollutants in Channel Islands
SCCWRP in June will deploy a series of passive sampling arrays in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to measure persistent organic pollutants (POPs), part of an international effort to ... More
SCCWRP-developed CEC monitoring framework highlighted at State Water Board meeting
State Water Board members explored multiple approaches being taken to improve CEC monitoring statewide during an informational meeting agenda item in February. Some of the presentations they heard at the ... More
SCCWRP research featured at S.D. Regional Board workshop on monitoring technologies
Next-generation environmental monitoring technologies being developed by SCCWRP and its research partners were featured at an April workshop hosted by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board that focused ... More
Flow-through units being deployed along L.A. River to study CECs’ impacts on fish
SCCWRP and its partners will expose fish to flowing Los Angeles River water in real time this spring as part of an on-site study examining potential biological impacts to fish ... More
Sampling completed for L.A.-area evaluation of bioassay effectiveness for CEC screening
SCCWRP and its partners have completed sampling of river water in the Los Angeles region for a study assessing the effectiveness of cell-based bioassays to screen for CECs. Water samples ... More
Study: Cell bioassays could be effective at screening for potential harm in fish
SCCWRP and its partners at the University of Florida have demonstrated in a proof-of-concept study that biological assays built with engineered human cells have the potential to be effective at ... More
SMC samples advance to nontargeted analysis phase of CEC monitoring framework
SCCWRP and its collaborators have advanced some of the 31 water samples collected by the Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) to the nontargeted phase of chemical analysis, a recognition ... More
Gene expression patterns of fish change in response to pollutant exposure, study shows
SCCWRP has found that the gene expression patterns of the hornyhead turbot change as they are exposed to different chemical pollutants at different concentrations, a proof-of-concept finding that reveals how ... More
Pilot study launched to test SCCWRP’s new CEC monitoring framework statewide
SCCWRP has launched a three-year pilot study to evaluate its newly developed CEC monitoring framework across Southern California watersheds, an effort to understand how to effectively apply the framework to ... More