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Scientists have developed a roadmap for using AI and computer modeling to predict how long chemical pollutants — like pesticides and microplastics — persist in the environment before breaking down, moving the field from outdated rules-of-thumb to modern machine learning.
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Over 60 years of development separates early simple chemical models from today's machine learning approaches, which can now handle vastly more diverse and complex chemical datasets.
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Modern models can predict not just how long a chemical persists, but also its breakdown products and pathways — critical for understanding whether degradation makes a contaminant safer or more toxic.
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The review identifies a concrete roadmap including standardized reporting, shared benchmark datasets, and hybrid models that combine physical chemistry rules with AI to make predictions decision-ready for regulators and land managers.
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