Assessing Ecological Risk From Mercury in Little Bay Estuary: A Study From Fort Totten in New York

摘要

At the conclusion of a screening-level ERA, the risk managers in this case-the US Army and the State of New York-must decide either that the screening-level ERA is adequate to determine that ecological threats are negligible, or that the process should continue to a more detailed ERA. If the ERA process continues, the screening-level assessment serves to identify exposure pathways and preliminary contaminants of concern for the baseline risk assessment by eliminating those contaminants and exposure pathways that pose negligible risks.