News - Soil Ecotoxicology
14. September 2022, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Danina Schmidt wins SETAC GLB Young Scientist Award
Ecotox Centre alumna Danina Schmidt has been awarded the SETAC GLB Young Scientist Award for her master thesis on real-time monitoring of wastewater in wastewater treatment plants using biomonitors. Congratulations!
Read more24. August 2022, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Ecotox Centre in SRF Kassensturz
Marion Junghans has supported the programme Kassensturz of Swiss television SRF in the evaluation of ecological detergents.
Read more05. July 2022, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
MAS Toxicology in Geneva from September 2022
This part-time course is addressed at recently graduated students who are already in employment.
Read more30. June 2022, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
New laboratory manager in Lausanne
On 1 May 2022, Emmanuelle Rohrbach took over the management of the Ecotox Centre Laboratory in Lausanne. Welcome, Emmanuelle!
Read more24. June 2022, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Ecotox Centre at Eawag's Info Day, 15 September 2022
This year's Info Day on the topic of "Dynamics of Water" focuses on the monitoring of surface waters. Benoît Ferrari will present the newly developed concept for sediment quality assessment.
Read more23. May 2022, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
New faces at the Ecotox Centre (2)
We welcome our new colleagues Sibylle Maletz und Gianna Ferrari.
Read more23. November 2021, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Tire wear as a source of pollutants
Although large quantities of tire wear are released into the environment, we still know little about the toxicity of those small particles. The particles contain not only rubber, but also numerous metals and organic substances. Researchers from the Ecotox Centre, EPFL and Eawag are currently investigating whether these substances are bioavailable and what toxic effects they may have.
Read more11. November 2021, Topic: Soil Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
How to determine ecotoxicological reference values for soils?
The risks associated with plant protection products in Switzerland are to be reduced by half in the next decade. An important tool for this is the determination of effect-based screening values for plant protection products in soils. But which methods are available for this purpose? What points need to be taken into account? The Ecotox Center takes stock of the situation.
Read more05. November 2021, Topic: Risk Assessment , Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology
Women in Regulatory Toxicology
A special volume focuses on gender equality in the field of regulatory toxicology.
Read more21. October 2021, Topic: Aquatic Ecotoxicology , Soil Ecotoxicology , Sediment Ecotoxicology , Risk Assessment
Video on World Standards Day
The Ecotox Centre participates in the standardisation work of the Swiss Association for Standardisation. In this way, it contributes to the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
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