Assessing Potential Ecological Impacts

SERDP and ESTCP research and demonstrations are under way to assess potential ecological impacts of military-unique munitions constituents used on testing and training ranges.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Development of Toxicity Benchmarks and Bioaccumulation Data for N-Based Organic Explosives for Terrestrial Plants and Soil Invertebrates

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1416
Principal Investigator: Dr. Geoffrey Sunahara, National Research Council of Canada
SERDP Nov 2012

Development of Toxicity Data for Munition Compounds to Support Toxicity Reference Value Derivations for Wildlife

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1420
Principal Investigator: Mark Johnson Ph.D, D.A.B.T., U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
SERDP Nov 2010

Validation of a Rapid and Low-Cost Method for Prediction of the Oral Bioavailability of Lead from Small Arms Range Soils

Project Information
Project ID: ER-200222
Principal Investigator: Dr. Desmond Bannon, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM)
ESTCP Sep 2007

Decreasing Toxic Metal Bioavailability with Novel Soil Amendment Strategies

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1350
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Jardine, University of Tennessee
SERDP Jul 2007

Environmental Fate and Transport of a New Energetic Material, CL-20

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1254
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roman Kuperman, U.S Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
SERDP Feb 2006

Development of Extraction Tests for Determining the Bioavailability of Metals in Soil

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1165
Principal Investigator: Mr. Michael Ruby, Integral Consulting
SERDP Apr 2005

Development of Ecological Toxicity and Biomagnification Data for Explosives Contaminants in Soil

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1221
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roman Kuperman, U.S Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
SERDP Jul 2003

Quantifying the Bioavailability of Toxic Metals in Soils

Project Information
Project ID: ER-1166
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Jardine, University of Tennessee
SERDP Jun 2003

Development of Military IRIS System for the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment/ Characterization of Defense Related Pollutants

Project Information
Project ID: ER-770
SERDP Oct 1997