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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in San Francisco Bay: A Strategy for Future Investigations 2018 Update

Diana Lin, Rebecca Sutton, Ila Shimabuku, Meg Sedlak, Jing Wu, Rusty Holleman | September 3rd, 2018


The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco Bay (RMP) has been investigating contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) since 2001. CECs can be broadly defined as synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals that are not regulated or commonly monitored in the environment, and have the potential to enter the environment and cause adverse ecological or human health impacts.

Keywords

monitoring, pollutants, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, water quality