Topic Term: Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Biological Contaminants of Emerging Concern (BioCEC)
This guidance is designed for state environmental and health agencies, consultants, and other stakeholders who need practical tools to identify, evaluate, and manage biological contaminants found in water, soil, air, and waste.
6PPD and 6PPD-q
This ITRC document provides information about 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-q) that can help inform future policies and regulations regarding these chemicals.
Microplastics Outreach Toolkit
This toolkit is a companion to the ITRC Microplastics Guidance to help regulators and others explain issues surrounding microplastics to a variety of audiences. The toolkit includes general information on outreach along with fact sheets, presentations and other outreach items aimed at different audiences.
Contaminants of Emerging Concern Framework
This guidance will help environmental regulatory agencies and other stakeholders identify examples of CEC monitoring programs; evaluate potential hazards; communicate risk from CEC to the public; and understand how laboratory analytical methods can be used in the identification process.
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
This online resource includes the PFAS Technical and Regulatory Guidance Document, PFAS Fact Sheets and Explainer Videos, Training Module Videos and external tables of data and information prepared by the ITRC PFAS Team.
Microplastics
Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment and pose one of the biggest emerging threats to the global environmental community. ITRC’s Microplastics Team has synthesized the available information on microplastics into a single comprehensive guidance document.