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Consensus reached on how to set thresholds for aquatic life exposed to microplastics A group of international experts on aquatic microplastics pollution has reached consensus on a recommended framework that California could use to implement health-based thresholds that explain when microplastics contamination at ... More |
International study to inform State microplastics policy The State Water Resources Control Board has begun working to develop a draft policy requiring microplastics to be monitored in drinking water following an international, SCCWRP-facilitated study that evaluated multiple ... More |
Researchers reviewing data from international microplastics measurement methods study An international team of researchers working to develop standardized methods for measuring microplastic particles in aquatic environments has begun meeting to review the results of a recent laboratory intercalibration study ... More |
Study to build foundational understanding of microplastics pollution in two major rivers SCCWRP and its partners are initiating a three-year study to identify the levels, types and distribution of microplastics in two major Southern California rivers – part of a broader effort ... More |
Workshop convened to develop expert consensus on microplastics health effects SCCWRP and its partners have convened a multi-part science workshop to build international expert consensus on the health-based thresholds at which microplastics of different sizes, shapes and compositions can be ... More |
International study kicks off to standardize microplastics monitoring methods SCCWRP and its partners have launched an international study to develop standardized methods for measuring microplastic particles in aquatic environments, an effort that has the potential to improve the accuracy ... More |
Study examining spread of microplastic debris through aquatic environments SCCWRP and its partners have launched a three-year study to examine how microplastic debris is transported via waterways to the coastal ocean and what happens to this pollution once it ... More |
EPA method being added to method evaluation study for tracking trash in watersheds SCCWRP and the San Francisco Estuary Institute will evaluate a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method for quantifying trash in the environment as part of Year 2 of a study seeking ... More |
Study launched to develop standardized approach for tracking tobacco, e-cigarette waste in waterways SCCWRP and the San Francisco Estuary Institute have launched a year-long study to develop a standardized approach for tracking tobacco and e-cigarette waste in California waterways. The study, which began ... More |
International microplastics measurement study being developed following 2-day workshop A group of international experts on aquatic microplastic pollution that convened at SCCWRP for a two-day workshop in April has begun laying the groundwork to build scientific consensus around methods ... More |
Science workshop to jump-start planning for microplastics monitoring in California Leading international experts on aquatic microplastic pollution will convene at SCCWRP this spring to begin exploring how California could monitor microplastic particles in drinking water and the coastal ocean, a ... More |
SMC conducting trash surveys in watersheds to support Bight ’18 The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) has launched trash sampling surveys in wadeable streams across coastal Southern California to support the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program’s efforts ... More |
Bight ’18 field sampling underway to assess sediment quality The sampling window for the Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program opened July 1, with participants starting to collect seafloor sediments to evaluate the chemical, toxicological and biological health ... More |
Study launched to develop standardized approaches for tracking trash in watersheds SCCWRP and its partners have kicked off a three-year study to develop standardized statewide approaches for tracking the levels and types of trash found in watersheds. Researchers’ goal is to ... 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 |
UAS to be used to develop protocols for quantifying trash in waterways SCCWRP and its partners have kicked off a three-year project to develop standardized methods for quantifying trash in California waterways, including using imagery collected from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to ... More |