News - Sediment Ecotoxicology
20. November 2016, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Legally binding effect-based quality criteria for Switzerland
The Ecotox Centre is currently adapting numerous proposals for quality criteria before they become legally binding in 2018.
Read more27. October 2016, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Sediment storage conditions influence biotest results
New results from the Ecotox Centre show that freezing has a pronounced influence on sediment toxicity.
Read more21. July 2016, Topic: Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment , Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Metals in Swiss sediments
A new report summarizes the available data on metals in Swiss sediments and enables a prioritization of these important contaminants.
Read more27. May 2016, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Successful evaluation of the Ecotox Centre
In 2015, the Ecotox Centre was evaluated by external experts. The evaluation report has now been published: Overall, the development of the Ecotox Centre and its services and impacts were rated very positively.
Read more18. May 2016, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Passive samplers as investigators find PCB source in the Birs
Several years ago fish in the river Birs were polluted with PCBs way beyond the legal threshold but the pollutant source remained unknown. With the help of passive samplers the source in a manufacturing plant could be revealed.
Read more17. May 2016, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Sediment quality in the Venoge
Do the sediments in the Venoge contribute to the rivers inferior water quality? To answer this question the Ecotox Centre has assessed the water quality with bioassays and chemical analyses.
Read more17. May 2016, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Progress in the sediment module for the Modular Stepwise Procedure
Together with Eawag and the Federal Office for the Environment, the Ecotox Centre has been working on a sediment module for the assessment of streams since January 2015.
Read more24. March 2016, Topic: Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology for high school students
Last week, the Ecotox Centre's laboratory in Lausanne opened its doors to numerous high school students and gave them some insight into the field of ecotoxicology.
Read more12. November 2015, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Progress in the evaluation of ecotoxicological data
During the authorization procedure of chemicals or for the determination of environmental quality criteria ecotoxicological data need to be evaluated regarding their reliability and relevance. Das Oekotoxzentrum hat ein neues Bewertungssystem mitentwickelt. The Ecotox Centre has developed a new system that that is supposed to make this data review more secure and reproducible and less subjective.
Read more11. November 2015, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Info sheet on microplastics in the environment
The info sheet summarizes the current knowledge and gives details on the sources of microplastic particles, their transport in the environment, their effect on aquatic organisms and techniques for sampling and analysis.
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