Publications - Environmental Defense

USE OF A VIDEO ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE CATCH ON GROUNDFISH FIXED GEAR VESSELS IN CALIFORNIA: A PILOT STUDY

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:14:11 +0000

Publication Date:

Mon, 2013-06-03

USE OF A VIDEO ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE CATCH ON GROUNDFISH FIXED GEAR VESSELS IN CALIFORNIA: A PILOT STUDY

List of EDF staff peer-reviewed articles

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:29:17 +0000

Publication Date:

Mon, 2013-05-13

List of EDF staff peer-reviewed articles

Improving Environmental Science in Cuba for Healthy Marine Ecosystems

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:23:08 +0000

Research expedition, Gulf of Batabanó

Publication Date:

Fri, 2013-05-10

Report of a Gulf of Batabanó research expedition to conduct plankton and benthic research, and to enhance scientific understanding of the abundance, distribution, and movements of sharks.

Testimony on EPA's proposed Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Standards by Graham McCahan

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:15 +0000

Publication Date:

Fri, 2013-04-26

EDF attorney Graham McCahan's testimony in support of standards to reduce soot, smog, and toxic air pollution from passenger cars and trucks.

Testimony on EPA's proposed Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Standards

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:44:51 +0000

Publication Date:

Wed, 2013-04-24

EDF policy analyst Caroline Paulsen's testimony in support of standards to reduce soot, smog, and toxic air pollution from our nation’s fleet of passenger cars and trucks.

2013 Draft National Climate Assessment Comments

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:24:01 +0000

Publication Date:

Tue, 2013-04-16

2013 Draft National Climate Assessment Comments

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Solutions - Spring 2013

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:26:08 +0000

Publication Date:

Thu, 2013-04-11

Spring 2013 issue of EDF's newsletter for members.

Conservation and Development: Exploring Conflicts and Challenges (Keynote speaker) [PDF]

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:02:25 +0000

External Link:

http://www.bioecon-network.org/pages/15th_2013/BIOECOXV_Call.pdf

External Link Source:

Fifteenth Annual International BIOECON Conference, September 18-20

Publication Date:

Thu, 2013-03-28

EDF's visiting chief economist Thomas Sterner will be a keynote speaker in the 15th Annual Bioecon Conference.

Securing the Future: Implementing reform in European Fisheries (Keynote speaker)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:48:24 +0000

External Link:

http://www.umr-amure.fr/eafe/html/page_conference_2013.php

External Link Source:

European Association of Fisheries Economists Conference, April 15-17

Publication Date:

Mon, 2013-03-04

EDF's visiting chief economist Thomas Sterner will be the keynote speaker at the European Association of Fisheries Economists Conference.

Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:54:18 +0000

The Case of PROPER in Indonesia

Publication Date:

Thu, 2013-02-21

One-sheet promoting Thomas Sterner's new book, Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure: The Case of PROPER in Indonesia

Letter of Support for Catch Shares from Chef Rick Moonen to Congress

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:52:37 +0000

Publication Date:

Thu, 2013-02-14

Chef Rick Moonen of rm seafood in Las Vegas asks Congress to oppose efforts to eliminate catch shares

Community Letter to President Obama on Tier 3

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:00:47 +0000

Publication Date:

Wed, 2013-01-09

Letter from environmental community urging President Obama to finalize the Tier 3 vehicle emission and gasoline standards.

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Community Letter to President Obama on Climate Change

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:57:01 +0000

Publication Date:

Mon, 2013-01-07

Letter from environment community to President Obama on tackling the climate crisis.

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Solutions - Winter 2013

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:16:25 +0000

Publication Date:

Tue, 2013-01-01

Winter 2013 issue of EDF's newsletter for members.

On-Bill Repayment Program in California

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:21:10 +0000

Spurring green jobs, clean energy, and saving ratepayers money

Publication Date:

Wed, 2012-12-12

On-Bill Repayment Program in California

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Chemical Testing in the 21st Century: Additional Resources

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:25:01 +0000

Related Resources and Links for Chemical Testing in the 21st Century Webpages

On this page, you will find a collection of links and related reading about new approaches for evaluating chemical hazard and risk that are being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal entities, including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The content is organized into several subsections (see below). We hope that these resources will both further your understanding of new chemical testing approaches and serve as a reference for future research and engagement.

General Information

EPA National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT)
Toxicity Forecaster (ToxCast) Program
Chemical Testing in the 21^st Century (Tox21) Program
- EPA site
- NIH site
Exposure Forecaster (ExpoCast) Program
Virtual Embryo (V-Embryo) Program
Virtual Liver (V-Liver) Program
Toxicological Priority Index (ToxPi) Tool
Determining Uncertainty Project
Next Generation of Risk Assessment (NexGen) Program
Computational Toxicology Communities of Practice
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP)

Factsheets/Summaries

EPA Computational Toxicology Research Program (CompTox) [PDF]
High-Throughput In Vitro Testing
Virtual Tissues Program [PDF]
Chemical Toxicity Databases [PDF]
Toxicological Priority Index (ToxPi) Tool [PDF]
Use of New Approaches in Risk Assessment
- Advancing the Next Generation of Risk Assessment (NextGen) [PDF]
- High Throughput Risk Assessment [PDF]

Related Reports

Select Technical Publications

To access all publications from EPA’s Computational Toxicology Program, visit: http://www.epa.gov/ncct/publications.html.

General

Genetic toxicology in the 21^st Century: reflections and future directions. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, June 2011.
A Roadmap for the Development of Alternative (Non-Animal) Methods for Systemic Toxicity Testing. ALTEX, January 2012.

New Methods for Evaluating Chemicals

Virtual Tissues in Toxicology. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, February 2010.
In Vitro Screening of Environmental Chemicals for Targeted Testing Prioritization: The ToxCast Project. Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2010.
Analysis of Eight Oil Spill Dispersants Using Rapid, In Vitro Tests for Endocrine and Other Biological Activity. Environmental Science and Technology, July 2010.
Integrating mechanistic and polymorphism data to characterize human genetic susceptibility for environmental chemical risk assessment in the 21^st century. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, February 2011.
Activity profiles of 309 ToxCast chemicals evaluated across 292 biochemical targets. Toxicology, March 2011.
Use of in vitro HTS-derived concentration-response data as biological descriptors improves the accuracy of QSAR models of in vivo toxicity. Environmental Health Perspectives, March 2011.
Estimating Toxicity-Related Biological Pathway Altering Doses for High-Throughput Chemical Risk Assessment. Chemical Research in Technology, April 2011.
Chemical Genomics Profiling of Environmental Chemical Modulation of Human Nuclear Receptors. Environmental Health Perspectives, May 2011.
Identifying developmental toxicity pathways for a subset of ToxCast chemicals using human embryonic stem cells and metabolomics. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, November 2011.
Quantitative High-Throughput Screening for Chemical Toxicity in a Population-Based In Vitro Model. Toxicological Sciences, January 2012.
Zebrafish developmental screening of the ToxCast Phase I chemical library. Reproductive Toxicology, April 2012.
Using in Vitro High Throughput Screening Assays to Identify Potential Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals. [PDF] Environmental Health Perspectives, September 2012.

Understanding Chemical Exposure

Exposure science and the U.S. EPA National Center for Computational Toxicology. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, May 2010.
The Exposure Data Landscape for Manufactured Chemicals. Science of the Total Environment, January 2012.
Integration of dosimetry, exposure, and high-throughput screening data in chemical toxicity assessment. Toxicological Sciences, January 2012.
Accurate Risk-Based Chemical Screening Relies on Robust Exposure Estimates. Toxicological Sciences. April 2012.
Response to “Accurate Risk-Based Chemical Screening Relies on Robust Exposure Estimates.” Toxicological Sciences. April 2012.
Incorporating exposure information into the toxicology prioritization index decision support framework. Science of the Total Environment, October 2012.

Building Predictive Models Of Chemical Toxicity

Predictive model of rat reproductive toxicity from ToxCast high throughput screening. Biology of Reproduction, August 2011.
Predictive models of prenatal developmental toxicity from ToxCast high-throughput screening data. Toxicological Sciences, November 2011.

Aggregate Chemical Information and Databases

The Toxicity Data Landscape for Environmental Chemicals. Environmental Health Perspectives, May 2009.
Aggregating Data for Computational Toxicology Applications: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR) System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2012. [Includes information on other CompTox databases (e.g. ToxCastDB, ExpoCastDB, DSSToxDB)]

CompTox Chemical Information Databases

Aggregated Computational Toxicology Online Resource (ACToR) – ACToR is a repository of all publicly available chemical toxicity data. It also houses information related to chemical risk to human health and the environment. This database contains information on over 500,000 chemicals from more than 650 public sources.
Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity Database Network (DSSTox) – DSSTox is an online public database of standardized chemical structures that are linked to “high-interest” toxicity data sets.
Toxicity Reference Database (ToxRefDB) – ToxRefDB contains data on hundreds of chemicals, mostly pesticides, compiled from thousands of traditional in vivo animal toxicity studies. To date, the studies in ToxRefDB are primarily regulatory “guideline” studies that follow standardized protocols.
Toxicity Forecaster Database (ToxCastDB) – The ToxCast database is being built to house data on thousands of chemicals being run through the hundreds of HT screening assays in ToxCast. Only a subset of the ToxCast data is currently available.
Exposure-Based Chemical Prioritization Database (ExpoCastDB) – The ExpoCastDB contains measurements of the levels of chemicals in environmental and biological media collected from homes and childcare centers. Data currently available include, to varying degrees, the amounts of these chemicals found in or on food, drinking water, air, dust, indoor surfaces and urine. The public version of ExpoCastDB currently includes limited exposure data for 99 chemicals, mostly pesticides.

News/Media

“Agencies Hope Robot Can Speed Toxics Evaluations, End Animal Testing.” The New York Times, May 2011.
“Robot Allows High-Speed Testing of Chemicals.” Scientific American, October 2011.
“US Tox21 to begin screening 10,000 chemicals.” NIH News, December 2011.
Interview with Dr. Bob Kavlock, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, EPA ORD [PDF]. Environmental Health Perspective’s “The Researchers Perspective” Podcast Transcript, March 2010.
Interview with Dr. Kevin Crofton (NCCT director). The Federal News Radio, June 2012.

National Academies' Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions

Relevant Meetings

Additional Resources/Information

Tue, 2012-12-04

2013-11

Ecomarkets for conservation and sustainable development in the coastal zone

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:54:54 +0000

Publication Date:

Sat, 2012-12-01

Ecomarkets for conservation and sustainable development in the coastal zone

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Protective health standards for particulate pollution will save lives

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:41:54 +0000

Publication Date:

Fri, 2012-11-30

The protective standards would lead to economic benefits of $281 billion every year, associated with saving lives and reducing disease.

2012 annual report

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:36:40 +0000

Learn about our organization, staff, mission, and achievements of 2012.

Our mission is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends.

Guided by science and economics, we find practical and lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems.

Complete report

Print version [PDF] (5.6 MB)

Individual chapters

Ideas that Take Off [PDF], 1 page

A different kind of environmental organization [PDF], 4 page

Financial Commentary [PDF], 2 pages

Message from our president

I hope you enjoy our 2012 annual report. Thanks to the generous support of EDF members, we achieved remarkable progress in all of our four core areas this past year.

To help us build on our historic progress in 2013, please make a donation today.

Fred Krupp, President

Wed, 2012-11-28

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11NPZxgGM5niZt1y4Z6Fv-XnXMCsQo2HXGO4wyRKJu9M/...

2013-11

Proof Opening Brief of Environmental Petitioners

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:05:46 +0000

Publication Date:

Mon, 2012-11-26

Proof Opening Brief of Environmental Petitioners

Publications - Environmental Defense

USE OF A VIDEO ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE CATCH ON GROUNDFISH FIXED GEAR VESSELS IN CALIFORNIA: A PILOT STUDY

List of EDF staff peer-reviewed articles

Improving Environmental Science in Cuba for Healthy Marine Ecosystems

Testimony on EPA's proposed Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Standards by Graham McCahan

Testimony on EPA's proposed Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Standards

2013 Draft National Climate Assessment Comments

Solutions - Spring 2013

Conservation and Development: Exploring Conflicts and Challenges (Keynote speaker) [PDF]

Securing the Future: Implementing reform in European Fisheries (Keynote speaker)

Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure

Letter of Support for Catch Shares from Chef Rick Moonen to Congress

Community Letter to President Obama on Tier 3

Community Letter to President Obama on Climate Change

Solutions - Winter 2013

On-Bill Repayment Program in California

Chemical Testing in the 21st Century: Additional Resources

Jump to:

General Information

Factsheets/Summaries

Related Reports

Select Technical Publications

CompTox Chemical Information Databases

News/Media

National Academies' Standing Committee on Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions

Additional Resources/Information

Ecomarkets for conservation and sustainable development in the coastal zone

Protective health standards for particulate pollution will save lives

2012 annual report

Complete report

Individual chapters

Message from our president

Proof Opening Brief of Environmental Petitioners