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Discounting in Damage Assessments for Ecological Injuries: An Introduction to the Issues
Background Natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) is a process used to determine the type and amount (scale) of natural restoration...
Unveiling the Seafloor: A Novel Integrated Approach to Cable Route Characterization
Presented at Suboptic Lisbon 2025, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2–5, 2025.
A Comparative Analysis and Decision Framework for Handling Non-Detects in TSCA Risk Evaluations
Presented by Mike Ierardi at AIHA CONNECT 2025, May 19–21, 2025, Kansas City, MO
EPA Proposes Updates to PFAS Drinking Water Regulations
On May 14, EPA published a press release outlining proposed revisions to the Agency’s 2024 Final Ruleestablishing Maximum Contaminant Levels...
Dermal Wipe Sampling for Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Flame Retardants
The U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) plays a critical role in regulating chemicals to safeguard human health and the...
Microgrids and Wildfire Resilience: A Case Study of California Fires
Presented at AEHS West Foundation’s 34th Annual Conference, March 17–20, 2025, San Diego, California.
Enhancing Sustainable Cleanup Efforts: The Role of Environmental Justice in Sustainable Remediation Practices
Presented at AEHS West Foundation's 34th Annual Conference, March 17–20, 2025, San Diego, California.
Homegrown Produce Consumption Impacted by Contaminated Irrigation Water: An Evaluation of Available Methodologies to Calculate Exposure
Presented at Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 17–20, 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Integral Consulting and ScitoVation Announce Strategic Alliance to Advance Innovation in Health Risk Assessment
BOULDER, CO and DURHAM, NC – March 12, 2025 – Integral Consulting Inc. and ScitoVation, LLC, are excited to announce...
Systematic Review of the Scientific Evidence on Ethylene Oxide as a Human Carcinogen
Published in Chemico-Biological Interactions June 30, 2022. Additional authors: Jordan S. Kozal, Anthony J. Russell, William J. Thompson, Haley R....
Microgrids and Wildfire Resilience: A Case Study of California Fires
The risk of catastrophic wildfires is increasing. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation and wind patterns, and alterations in vegetation are...
Inorganic Arsenic Human Health Toxicity Update: Key Changes and Implications
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Integrated Risk Information System toxicological review...
Novel Approaches for Chlorobenzene Plume Delineation at a Nearshore Sediment-Bedrock Interface to Support CSM Development
Presented at Battelle Sediments, January 29, 2025, Tampa, Florida. Background/Objectives Understanding contaminant flux to a nearshore sediment environment is important...
Beneficial Use of Contaminated Sediments: Focused Review of Treatment Technologies
Presented at Battelle Sediments, January 28, 2025, Tampa, Florida. Background/Objectives: Rising costs and decreasing availability of disposal sites for contaminated...
Innovative Use of Multispectral Multibeam Surveying for Characterizing Benthic Conditions at the Raisin River Area of Concern
Presented at Battelle Sediments, January 30, 2025, Tampa, Florida. Background/Objectives The River Raisin, located in Michigan's Monroe County, has a...
Micro- and Nanoplastics in Sediment: Considerations for Risk Assessment
Presented at Battelle Sediments, January 29, Tampa, Florida. Background/Objectives Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are ubiquitous in the environment and are...
Assessing Background Arsenic in Portland Harbor Sediment and Riverbank Soil
Presented at Battelle Sediments Conference, January 28, Tampa, Florida. Background/Objectives Many inorganic materials for which cleanup levels are set to...
OPTICS (OPTically-based In-situ Characterization System)
The OPTICS tool (U.S. Patent No. 11079368) integrates commercial, off-the-shelf, in situ optical, physical, and water quality sensors, discrete surface...
Understanding PFAS Behavior in Sediment
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have vaulted to the forefront of interest for manufacturers, water utilities, regulators, litigators, and the...
The Benthic Zone (January 2025 Edition): Integral’s Sediment Newsletter
The Benthic Zone newsletter is the place where Integral scientists and engineers share their expertise, running the gamut of topics related...
Groundwater Modeling and Impact Assessment for Large-Scale Lithium Brine Operations in Northwestern Argentina
A combination of surface and groundwater resources undergo treatment before use in a selective adsorption process to extract lithium from...