...pollutants depends on four key (Characteristics." 1. Rate of release or mobilization into the environment. 3. Concentration factors in parts of the system (eg, surface films or estuaries) or in organisms (ie, bio-accumulation). 2. Residence times in places accessible to biological systems....

...or mobilization Into the environment. 2. Residence times in places accessible to biological system& 3. Concentration factors In parts of the system (eg, surface films or estuaries) or In organisms (Ie, bio-accumulation). 4. Levels of toxicity. Based on their estimated mobilization rates...

...Assessing Potential Marine Pollutants, lists four key characteristics of potential pollutants that are critical for evaluation of a material's importance:...organisms (bioaccumulation); and (4) levels of toxicity. Based upon these characteristics, the panel found two of the six categories studied clearly hazardous—transuranic...