Operational Unit
Agricultural Nutrient Runoff & Toxic Biomagnification Analytics Team
Chemical Safety, Pesticides & Radiation Protection
Unit Mandate
Mission & Operational Scope
Analyzes the pathways by which agricultural chemicals — fertilizers, pesticides, and veterinary pharmaceuticals — enter aquatic food chains and biomagnify to toxic concentrations in apex predators and human consumers.
Doctrine
EPA Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines · FDA/EPA Fish Consumption Advisory Framework
Core Capabilities
Operational Capabilities
Agricultural watershed nutrient and pesticide loading quantification
Food chain biomagnification modeling for persistent organic pollutants
Fish tissue contaminant sampling and fish consumption advisory support
Veterinary pharmaceutical (antibiotics, hormones) environmental fate assessment
Bioaccumulation testing protocol design for regulatory submissions
Dietary exposure assessment for subsistence fishing communities
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