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Effect (%)

Monitoring to verify
that no worsening occurs

Monitoring to verify
Remediation eciency

100

EC 50

Exposure

NOEC

0

No risk
No action
needed

Acceptable risk
Political decision

Unacceptable risk
Remediation needed

FIGURE 16.4
Relationship between the level of exposure, expected effects and actions needed. EC 50 , mean effective concen-
tration; NOEC, no observed effect concentration.

in the field of water policy, which explicitly mentions the contribution of the European
Economic and Social Committee. At the interface between experts and the general public,
the contribution of sociologists would be useful to improve the environmental governance
of the ecosociosystem.

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