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04. November 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment , Sediment Ecotoxicology
How do plant production products affect Swiss fish?
Pesticides detected in Swiss streams pose a risk to the fish living there. Harmful effects on the fish, particularly through sublethal and indirect effects, are possible in the measured concentrations.
Read more04. November 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Homing in on pyrethroids
The measurement of trace concentrations of pyrethroid and organophosphate insecticides – now possible thanks to a newly developed analytical method – shows that these compounds can pose a greater threat to aquatic organisms than all other pesticides.
Read more17. September 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Ecotox Centre at EPFL anniversary
At the Ecotox Centre's stand visitors learned how springtails and other creepy crawlies measure environmental pollutants.
Read more30. 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 more30. August 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
How toxic are cigarette butts?
At least one in three cigarettes worldwide is discarded onto the ground after smoking – a new info sheet informs about their ingredients, environmental behaviour and toxicity.
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 more14. May 2019, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Bioassays and standardisation for the assessment of surface waters
A rough evaluation concept is available for the assessment of wastewater-polluted surface waters in Switzerland with the help of bioassays. Progress has also been made in standardising the individual work steps.
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!
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