Trend studies over time are an important means of understanding the extent to which humans and the environment are being exposed to chemical substances. It is essential that the time series data set from these chemical exposure monitoring programs have sufficient statistical power to detect trends or changes that affect environmental and human health. If monitoring programs have only a small chance of detecting specified changes, then modifications to the program would be necessary. Temporal trends for some chemical compounds have been assessed in the context of QAEHS’s monitoring programs however, many time series remain to be analysed and the sampling design needs to to be evaluated. Therefore, it is expected that this study can lead to an extensive assessment of temporal trends in exposure to chemical substances in Australia and provide guidance for cost-effective sampling designs that can generate comparative results between present and future studies.
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Conference Abstracts
Taucare, G., Bignert, A., Kaserzon, S., Thai, P., Mann, R., Gallen, C. Detecting long temporal trends of photosystem II (PSII) herbicides in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, SETAC-AU Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 30 August - 2 September 2021.
