Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe
Brink, P. J. V. D., Boxall, A. B., Maltby, L., Brooks, B. W., Rudd, M. A., Backhaus, T., Spurgeon, D., Verougstraete, V., Ajao, C., Ankley, G. T., Apitz, S. E., Arnold, K., Brodin, T., Cañedo-Argüelles, M., Chapman, J., Corrales, J., Coutellec, M.-A., Fernandes, T. F., Fick, J., . . . van Wensem, J. (2018). Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(9), 2281-2295. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4205
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The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals have been established to end poverty, protect the planet, and
ensure prosperity for all. Delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals will require a healthy and productive environment. An
understanding of the impacts of chemicals which can negatively impact environmental health is therefore essential to the
delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, current research on and regulation of chemicals in the environment
tend to take a simplistic view and do not account for the complexity of the real world, which inhibits the way we manage
chemicals. There is therefore an urgent need for a step change in the way we study and communicate the impacts and control of
chemicals in the natural environment. To do this requires the major research questions to be identified so that resources are
focused on questions that really matter. We present the findings of a horizon-scanning exercise to identify research priorities of
the European environmental science community around chemicals in the environment. Using the key questions approach, we
identified 22 questions of priority. These questions covered overarching questions about which chemicals we should be most
concerned about and where, impacts of global megatrends, protection goals, and sustainability of chemicals; the development
and parameterization of assessment and management frameworks; and mechanisms to maximize the impact of the research.
The research questions identified provide a first-step in the path forward for the research, regulatory, and business communities
to better assess and manage chemicals in the natural environment.
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