News - Sediment Ecotoxicology
30. August 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Benoît Ferrari takes over as interim director of the Ecotox Centre
On 1 September 2019, Benoît Ferrari will take over as interim director of the Ecotox Centre. Benoît Ferrari is an expert on the ecotoxicity of sediments and has been group leader for sediment and soil ecotoxicology at the Ecotox Centre in Lausanne since 2013. The current director, Inge Werner, will remain with the Ecotox Centre on a part-time basis until 2021.
Read more27. June 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Successful eDNA Day
More than 80 participants from France and Switzerland attended the eDNA Day in Geneva on 3 June and learned more about the potential of molecular methods to revolutionise the use of biomarkers.
Read more17. May 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Oligochaetes show influence of WWTP effluent on sediments
The biological quality of two Swiss river sediments downstream of wastewater treatment plants is significantly worse than upstream. The Ecotox Centre scientists have been able to show this using oligochaetes .
Read more10. May 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Do EQS protect against the spread of antibiotic resistance?
The environmental pollution with antibiotics can lead to more resistance against these substances. However, the generation of antibiotic resistance is not taken into account when deriving environmental quality criteria (EQS). For eight substances, the Ecotox Centre has investigated whether the available EQS also protect against the development of antibiotic resistance in surface waters.
Read more25. April 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Two new faces at the Ecotox Centre
We welcome our new colleagues Anne-Sophie Voisin and Alexandra Kroll!
Read more07. March 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
eDNA Day on June 3, 2019 in Geneva - Save the Date!
Quickly and cost-effectively determine all species in a water or sediment sample and thus assess environmental quality: such is the promise of studies with environmental DNA (eDNA).
Read more15. January 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Info sheet on mercury
Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal that naturally occurs in the environment, but also is released by humans. A new info sheet provides information on the presence of mercury, its toxicity and the legal situation.
Read more18. December 2018, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Genetic monitoring of surface waters: new video
In the Interreg project SYNAQUA project partners from Switzerland and France seek to establish genetic methods for the biomonitoring of surface waters.
Read more26. October 2018, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Environmental monitoring with bioassays
Bioassays as methods for the assessment of water and sediment quality are gaining more and more acceptance. In June 2018, more than 90 experts from public authorities, the private sector and science accepted the invitation of the Ecotox Centre to a two-day symposium on this topic.
Read more25. October 2018, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
10 years committed to ecotoxicology
The Ecotox Centre has helped to establish ecotoxicological methods to assess environmental quality in Switzerland. The Centre was also involved in the extension of wastewater treatment plants to remove micropollutants and the introduction of effect-based threshold values for pollutants in surface waters.
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