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6 Recommendations
Pages 267-268

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... Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution. 6 Recommendations • The committee recommends that risk assessors, risk managers, and regulatory agencies should adopt a uniform framework for ecological risk assessment.
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... scientific content of ecological risk assessments. 268 • The committee recommends that EPA and other agencies support outside the agencies themselves to develop technical guidance on the systematic research programs to improve the credibility and utility of determine the accuracy of predictions and resolve remaining ecological risk assessments and draw on scientific expertise available
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