ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to thank the authors of following resources which were used to build this website.

Purpose Resource
Chemical identifier mapping
Chemical classification
US EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase
Exposome-relevant databases
Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) construction tools
Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs)
Network Visualizer
Web interface

FUNDING

Research in the group of Areejit Samal at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai is financially supported by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. This work was also undertaken as part of the ‘Marine Ecotoxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment’ (MEERA) Programme [MoES/OSMART/EFC/2021 dated 07.03.2022], at the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India. The funders have no role in study design, prediction, analysis or decision to publish this work.

DISCLAIMER

The authors are not liable for any inaccuracies or omissions of chemicals or their associations with Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) and different species on this website. Users are advised to exercise their own discretion when assessing the weight of evidence for heavy metals and AOP associations. HC05 values and other statistics derived from Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSDs) should be interpreted cautiously and independently verified. The sole purpose of this website is to support future basic research, and it does not necessarily reflect the views or objectives of our employers or funders.

For further details, contact:

Areejit Samal
Computational Biology Group,
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc),
Chennai, India.

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai is a constituent institution of the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India.