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 readingAbstract submission open for 9th SETAC YES meeting in Texas in March 2020
Submit your abstract to the 9th SETAC Young Environmental Scientists (YES) meeting in Waco, Texas, USA, from 9-11 March, 2020, themed “New times, new science”.
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 readingReminder: Abstract submission deadline for SETAC GLB conference in Landau approaching!
This post is a brief reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts for the SETAC GLB meeting in Landau, July 15, is drawing near.
Continue readingOnline Course: Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment
From August 1 to October 31, 2019, Landau’s Institute for Environmental Sciences is hosting its “International Online Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment – Using an Open Community Approach”.
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 readingCourse on using GUTS models in risk assessment in Wageningen, Oct. 16-18, 2019
Wageningen University & Research offers the hands-on training course “Using the General Unified Threshold Model of Survival (GUTS) in risk assessment of plant protection products” in Wageningen from October 16-18, 2019.
Continue readingJoin us in Landau for the 23rd annual meeting of SETAC GLB!
In this post, Jochen Zubrod announces this year’s annual meeting of SETAC GLB in Landau on September 4-6, 2019.
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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