Improving environmental risk assessments of chemicals: Steps towards evidence-based ecotoxicology

© 2019 The Authors. Highlights • 9 recommendations digest recent developments in regulatory environmental risk assessment. • Efforts are necessary to make the translation of ecotoxicology into regulatory decisions more open and transparent. • They require concerted and sustained action from a variety of sectors and stakeholders. • Better evidence will lead to better decisions, sustainable innovation and a healthier environment.