In this post, Sebastian Stehle informs about their recent paper “Aquatic pesticide exposure in the U.S. as a result of non-agricultural uses“.
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Category Archives: Research
Metabarcoding reveals effects of mosquito control actions on chironomid species richness
In this post, Nina Röder reports on their recently published paper “Mosquito control actions affect chironomid diversity in temporary wetlands of the Upper Rhine Valley”.
Continue readingImproved pesticide effect prediction of low toxicant concentrations
In this post, Matthias Liess introduces their recently published paper “Predicting low-concentration effects of pesticides”.
Continue readingBiodiversity crisis in agricultural landscapes: Caused by insufficient testing of pesticides?
In this post, Carsten Brühl discusses their recently published paper “Biodiversity decline as an inappropriate environmental risk assessment of pesticides”.
Continue readingAre flower-visiting insects sufficiently protected by the European pesticide risk assessment?
In this post, Philipp Uhl talks about their recently published paper “The Impact of Pesticides on Flower‐Visiting Insects: A Review with Regard to European Risk Assessment”.
Continue readingWhat’s driving insecticide pollution in agricultural surface waters?
In this post, Jakob Wolfram talks about his most recent paper “Insecticide Risks in United States Surface Waters: Drivers and Spatiotemporal Modeling”. This publication analyzed the drivers of insecticide nonpoint source pollution and used a modelling approach to identify regions in the U.S. where surface waters may be at risk.
Continue readingIs the red mason bee an adequate regulatory surrogate for the honey bee?
In this post, Philipp Uhl talks about his recently published paper “Is Osmia bicornis an adequate regulatory surrogate? Comparing its acute contact sensitivity to Apis mellifera“.
Continue readingHow strong is the evidence for pesticide-effects on stream macroinvertebrates?
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about his recently published paper in which he discusses the overall evidence of effects on stream invertebrates based on studies from the last decades and future research avenues.
Continue readingHow do pesticides affect flower-visiting insects? Is the current European risk assessment suitable to protect them?
Philipp Uhl explains the newest technical report “Protection of wild pollinators in the pesticide risk assessment and management” to address these questions, published by the German Environment Agency.
Continue readingDoes the treatment of contaminated groundwater with a nanoscaled zero valent iron-based remediation agent increase or decrease the environmental risk?
In this post, Mirco Weil reports on their recently published paper “Environmental risk or benefit? Comprehensive risk assessment of groundwater treated with nano Fe0-based Carbo-Iron®.”
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